Pharmacy first
Accessing pharmacy first
With the Pharmacy First service, you can visit your local pharmacy for expert advice and treatment for many common conditions - no need to wait for a GP appointment. It’s fast, convenient, and safe, with trained pharmacists who can provide prescription-only medicines like antibiotics. The service is free, following normal NHS prescription rules.
Accessing pharmacy first
Conditions
As well as several minor conditions, depending on your age, your pharmacist can treat you for:
Earache, Impetigo, Infected insect bites, Shingles, Sinusitis, Sore throat and Uncomplicated UTIs.
Find out more about the conditions a pharmacist can treat you for and their causes and symptoms.
Orecchio, naso e gola
Mal d'orecchio
di Dr Philippa Vincent, MRCGP
Infezioni
Fuoco di Sant'Antonio
di Dr Philippa Vincent, MRCGP
Orecchio, naso e gola
Sinusite acuta
di Dr Surangi Mendis, MRCGP
Reni e vie urinarie
Infezioni del tratto urinario
di Dr Colin Tidy, MRCGP
Medicinali
Medicines for conditions such as earache, sore throat, UTIs, and infected insect bites are available directly from your pharmacist.
There are also many other types of medicine that a pharmacist can supply such as emergency contraception, painkillers, hay fever treatment, constipation relief, and basic first-aid items.
Find out more about the different types of medicines that can be bought and prescribed from a pharmacy.
Salute generale e stile di vita
Un farmacista può prescrivere antibiotici?
di Victoria Raw
Trattamenti e farmaci
What to do if your medication isn't available
di Victoria Raw
Salute sessuale
You can visit a pharmacy for a range of sexual health services such as contraception and STI testing.
Find out more about which sexual health problems a pharmacist can help you with as well as other health advice and information on sexually transmitted infections and contraception.
Salute sessuale
Easy ways to get the pill: options beyond the GP surgery
di Amberley Davis
Salute sessuale
Test per le IST a casa: come funzionano e cosa aspettarsi
di Amberley Davis