Pharmacy Common Ailments Service
Do you need to see the doctor today? If you think:
- you have a common ailment but are not sure about your symptoms or how to treat them with over-the-counter medicines
- and you need an NHS appointment
You can now get FREE NHS ADVICE AND TREATMENT (where needed) for a range of common ailments from our local community pharmacists instead of seeing the doctor.
- You don’t have to make an appointment.
- You can go along at a time that suits you.
The service is available for the following conditions:
- Acne
- Athletes Foot
- Backache (acute)
- Chickenpox
- Cold sores
- Colic
- Conjunctivitis
- Constipation
- Dry skin
- Diarrhoea
- Dry Eye
- Haemorrhoids
- Hayfever
- Head Lice
- Indigestion/reflux
- Ingrowing toenail
- Intertrigo/ringworm
- Mouth Ulcers
- Nappy rash
- Oral thrush
- Scabies
- Sore throat
- Teething
- Threadworm
- Vaginal thrush
- Verruca
Where no medicine is recommended by the NHS, the pharmacist will give you advice on how to manage the condition.
Last Modified: 05/12/2018
Back to top