29/01/2026
Your pharmacist can provide treatment or some prescription medicine, if needed, for seven common conditions, without you seeing a GP
Highly trained pharmacists can assess, treat, and if needed, provide some prescription medicine sinusitis (aged 12 years and over), sore
throat (aged 5 years and over), earache (aged 1 to 17 years), infected insect bites (aged 1 year and over), impetigo (aged 1 year and
over), shingles (aged 18 years and over) and urinary tract infections (UTIs) (women aged 16 to 64 years), without needing to see a GP.
Your pharmacist can also provide you with oral contraception, without a prescription or the need to see a GP. In addition, your pharmacist
can now provide you with the emergency contraceptive pill (morning after pill) for free, without you seeing a GP. They can also discuss
long-term contraception options with you at the same time.
Available at the heart of local communities, community pharmacy teams have the right clinical training to give people the health advice
they need, with no appointment necessary and private consultations available. Community pharmacists will signpost patients to other
local services where necessary.
Think pharmacy first and get seen by your local pharmacy team.
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