Pharmacy Services
Pharmacy First
Enables community pharmacists to supply prescription-only medicines, including antibiotics and antivirals where clinically appropriate, to treat seven common health conditions without the need to visit a GP.
- Sinusitis – patients aged 12 years and over
- Sore throat – patients aged 5 years and over
- Earache – patients aged 1 to 17 years
- Infected insect bite – patients aged 1 year and over
- Impetigo (a bacterial skin infection) – patients aged 1 year and over
- Shingles – patients aged 18 years and over
- Uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women aged 16 to 64 years
If you are not within these age ranges, a pharmacist can still offer advice, but you may need to see a GP for treatment.
* NHS Prescription rules apply where a medication is supplied.
Contact information
Website: How pharmacies can help – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Website: Find a pharmacy – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Minor Ailments
Patients can present face to face, over the telephone or via a digital pathway.
Patients should be provided with details of the scheme and a leaflet where possible.
Criteria:
- Patients must be eligible for free prescriptions
- Patients must provide proof of ID to Pharmacist and their NHS number
- Patients may be asked to consent for the pharmacist to obtain their NHS number from the NHS spine.
Contact information
Website: Find a pharmacy – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Contraception Services
Criteria:
- Patients must already be using hormonal oral contraceptives.
Patients can self-refer to a community pharmacy or be referred, with consent, from their GP or sexual health clinic.
Contact information
Website: Find a pharmacy that offers the contraceptive pill without a prescription – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Hypertension Services
General practices can refer patients to a participating community pharmacy for a clinic blood pressure reading or for 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
At the end of a consultation, where readings indicate:
- Normal blood pressure – the pharmacist will promote healthy behaviours.
- High blood pressure – the pharmacist will offer Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) from the pharmacy and will also promote healthy behaviours.
- Very high blood pressure – the pharmacist will urgently refer the patient to see their GP within 24 hours and the pharmacist will inform the patient’s GP practice by NHS mail or via another locally agreed platform.
- Low blood pressure – the pharmacist will provide appropriate advice and may also refer the patient to their GP if there are any concerns.
Contact information
Website: Find a pharmacy that offers free blood pressure checks – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
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