Advice and treatment
Pharmacists can give you advice on a range of conditions and suggest medicines that can help. They may also be able to offer treatment and some prescription medicine for certain conditions, without you needing to see a GP (this is called Pharmacy First).
Conditions they can treat as part of Pharmacy First include:
- Earache (aged 1 to 17 years)
- Impetigo (aged 1 year and over) – a contagious skin infection
- Infected insect bites (aged 1 year and over)
- Shingles (aged 18 years and over) – infection that causes a painful rash
- Sinusitis (aged 12 years and over) – infection of the sinuses (behind the forehead, cheeks, and nose)
- Sore throat (aged 5 years and over)
- Urinary tract infections or UTIs (women aged 16 to 64 years)
Click here to fill in an assessment and self-refer online if you have one of these conditions, or you can walk into your local pharmacy.
The pharmacist will offer you advice, treatment, or refer you to a GP or another healthcare professional if needed. Pharmacies will update your GP health record.
Non-urgent advice: Please note
On weekends, online self-referral may take longer as the practice is closed and will not review your assessment until we are open. For a quicker response, please walk into your local pharmacy.