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.