Supporting Self Care
Choose Pharmacy
Common Ailments Service
Community pharmacies already advise on a wide range of minor ailments and either recommend treatment or refer on to another healthcare professional. The Choose Pharmacy Common Ailments Service builds upon this expertise allowing community pharmacists to offer some treatments, if they are considered necessary, free of charge to eligible patients on the health service.
There is no cost to the practice for this service. By implementing a common ailment service within community pharmacy, patient accessibility to health care services will be improved hence encouraging the use of pharmacy as a first point of call for a health consultation and reducing the demands that such patients can make on their GPs and other NHS service providers.
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Treatment
You can now be seen by your Community Pharmacy for the following medical conditions
There is no need to make an appointment, just go to your any of the following community pharmacies for treatment or advice
Morrisons, Walter Lloyd or Rowlands Community Pharmacies
Condition | Advice/Treatment | Age Restrictions |
Acne | Treatment | |
Athlete’s foot | Treatment | |
Backache (Acute) | Treatment | Aged 20 – 55 years |
Chicken Pox (in Children under 14) | Treatment | <14 years |
Cold Sores | Advice only | |
Colic | Advice only | |
Conjunctivitis (Bacterial) | Treatment | >2 years |
Constipation | Treatment | >10years |
Dermatitis (dry skin) | Treatment | |
Diarrhoea | Advice only | >1years |
Dry Eyes | Treatment | Refer to optometrist |
Haemorrhoids | Treatment | |
Hay Fever | Treatment | |
Head Lice | Treatment | |
Indigestion and reflux | Treatment | >12years |
Ingrowing toe nail | Advice only | |
Intertrigo/ringworm | Treatment | |
Mouth ulcers | Advice only | >10years |
Nappy rash | Treatment | |
Oral Thrush | Treatment | |
Scabies | Treatment | >2 years |
Sore throat and tonsillitis | Treatment | |
Teething | Treatment | >3 months |
Threadworms | Treatment | >2 years |
Vaginal thrush | Treatment | Aged 16-60 years |
Verruca | Treatment | >2 years |