Community Pharmacy Consultation Service
Pharmacists can suggest treatments and offer prescription medicines. You can self-refer yourself without the need to see a GP first or make an appointment, by visiting a pharmacy and asking to speak to the pharmacist. How pharmacies can help - NHS
Conditions they can offer prescription medicines for:
- Impetigo (aged 1 year and over)
- Infected insect bites (1 year+)
- Earache (1-17 years)
- Sort throat (5 years+)
- Sinusitis (12 years+)
- Urinary tract infections (UTIs) (women 16 to 64)
- Shingles (18+)
Other services that may be available at your local pharmacy include:
- Chlamydia screening and treatment
- Advice and help on how to stop smoking
- Cholesterol and blood sugar testing
- Substance misuse service, including needle and syringe exchange schemes
- Helo with newly prescribe medicines Get help with newly prescribed medicines - NHS
- Advice and help on how to manage your weight
- Free blood pressure checks Find a pharmacy that offers free blood pressure checks - NHS