Pharmacy Services
Your local pharmacy can also offer you advice and treatment if required for a range of minor ailments. Under the ‘Pharmacy First Scheme’ , if you are exempt from prescription charges, you will be able to get the same medicines the GP would have prescribed free of charge for the following ailments:
- Athlete’s Foot
- Conjunctivitis
- Constipation
- Coughs & Colds
- Diarrhoea
- Earache
- Haemorrhoids
- Hay Fever
- Head Lice
- Insect Bites/Stings
- Sore Throat
- Teething pain
- Thread Worm
- Thrush
- Toothache
- Warts
- Verrucae
To access the service go to your local Pharmacy First pharmacist (look out for posters, leaflets and window stickers for your nearest one).