Pharmacy first

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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.

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Salute generale e stile di vita

Prenota una consulenza online con Pharmacy First

di Thomas Andrew Porteus, MBCS

Salute generale e stile di vita

Farmacia Prima - ottenere il massimo dal tuo farmacista

di Lawrence Higgins

Trattamenti e farmaci

Prescrizioni: le tue domande risposte

di Gillian Harvey

Condizioni

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

Blue gloved hands holding red shingles test tube against blue background.

Infezioni

Fuoco di Sant'Antonio

di Dr Philippa Vincent, MRCGP

Red clown nose beneath round, black-rimmed comedy glasses against a yellow background.

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.

Young male pharmacist talking to female customer in a pharmacy with female pharmacist in the background. Shelves with health care products.

Salute generale e stile di vita

Un farmacista può prescrivere antibiotici?

di Victoria Raw

Pill organiser. Various capsules, vitamins and antibiotics in a plastic daily box. Green background.

Trattamenti e farmaci

Cosa fare se il tuo farmaco non è disponibile

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.

Miniature shopping trolley filled with blister packs of pink and white birth control tablets, sitting on a laptop keyboard.

Salute sessuale

Modi semplici per ottenere la pillola: opzioni oltre lo studio del medico

di Amberley Davis

Salute sessuale

Test STI a casa: come funzionano e cosa aspettarsi

di Amberley Davis