Community Pharmacy Birmingham & Solihull

17/12/2025

Does your child’s insect bite look infected? 🪰

Your local pharmacist can now provide treatment or some prescription medicine if needed without the need to see a GP if your child is one year or over. Think Pharmacy First.
https://blackcountry.icb.nhs.uk/your-health/health-services/pharmacy-first-1

16/12/2025

Choose Pharmacy for minor illnesses 💊

Including coughs, cold and eye infections, and treatment for seven common conditions, including sinusitis, urinary tract infections, sore throat and earache, if appropriate. Many pharmacies also offer flu vaccinations.

15/12/2025

From October to March we can’t make enough vitamin D from sunlight, so to keep bones and muscles healthy, it’s best to take a daily 10 microgram supplement of vitamin D. You can get vitamin D from most pharmacies.

Visit your local pharmacy today ➡️ https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/pharmacy/find-a-pharmacy/

14/12/2025

Your pharmacist can provide treatment or some prescription medicine, if needed, for seven common conditions - without you seeing a GP.

Think pharmacy first and get seen by your local community pharmacy team.

13/12/2025

Children under the age of 5 years have one of the highest rates of hospital admissions due to flu. From 1st October this year, children aged 2 and 3 years old can get their flu vaccination from our pharmacy. Visit your local pharmacy to get your child vaccinated!

12/12/2025

The flu vaccine aims to protect children against the most common types of flu viruses.

Book your child’s flu vaccine via your GP, pharmacy or the NHS App.

➡️ https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/child-flu-vaccine/

11/12/2025

UTI? Your pharmacist can now provide treatment or some prescription medicine, if needed, for seven common conditions, without you seeing a GP.

Think pharmacy first.

➡️ nhs.uk/thinkpharmacyfirst

10/12/2025

09/12/2025

Don't get caught out this Christmas ☃️

With holiday closures approaching, make sure you order your repeat prescription before 10 December.

For more information on how to do this, go to ➡️ https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/prescriptions/how-to-order-a-repeat-prescription/

08/12/2025

04/12/2025

Around 1 in 4 adults in the UK have high blood pressure, but many don’t know it. It can increase your risk of a heart attack or stroke.

Find out how to get checked, understand what your numbers mean and how to manage your risk. ➡️ http://nhs.uk/bloodpressure

02/12/2025

Does your child seem to have problems with their sinuses? 🤧

Your local pharmacist can now provide treatment or some prescription medicine if needed without the need to see a GP if your child is 12 years or older. Think Pharmacy First.

Find out more about Pharmacy first by visiting the link in the comments section below ⬇️