Pharmacy Self-Referral and Information
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Advice and treatment
Pharmacists can give you advice on a range of conditions and suggest medicines that can help.
- earache (aged 1 to 17 years)
- impetigo (aged 1 year and over)- a contagious skin infection
- infected insect bites (aged 1 year and over)
- shingles (aged 18 years and over)- infection that causes a painful rash
- sinusitis (aged 12 years and over)- infection of the sinuses (behind the forehead, cheeks and nose)
- sore throat (aged 5 years and over)
- urinary tract infection or UTI (women aged 16 to 64 years)
You can also order your prescriptions and access other useful information via the NHS App
Emergency prescriptions
If you have completely run out of a regularly prescribed medication please use the NHS 111 Emergency Prescription service. You will be charged a prescription fee if you normally pay for your prescriptions. This service is not suitable for new medications or controlled drugs.
Emergency prescriptions – NHS 111
Contraception without a prescription
You may be able to get contraceptive pill from a pharmacy if you are starting for the first time or have taken a break from contraception.
Find a pharmacy that offers the contraceptive pill without a prescription – NHS
Getting a free blood pressure check
You can get a free blood pressure check at your pharmacy if you are over 40 and live in England. If you have high blood pressure or have had your blood pressure checked by a healthcare professional in the last six months you will not be eligible for this service.
Find a pharmacy that offers free blood pressure checks – NHS
For full information on what your pharmacy can do for you please click on the link below
