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

The service covers:

•   Earache (for those aged 1 to 17)

•   Impetigo (for those aged 1 year and over)

•   Infected insect bites (for those aged 1 year and over)

•   Shingles (for those aged 18 and over)

•   Sinusitis (for those aged 12 and over)

•   Sore throat (for those aged 5 and over)

•   Uncomplicated urinary tract infections (for women aged 16-64)

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.

For more information, visit www.nhs.uk/thinkpharmacyfirst