Pharmacy First

NHS Pharmacy First Scotland

• Advice on your symptoms
• Treatment is recommended
• Referral to other services

Pharmacists and their teams are experts in medicines and can help with minor health concerns without you needing to visit your GP.

A pharmacist, or a member of the pharmacy team, can give you advice and treatment (if you need it) for various minor illnesses and common clinical conditions.

Your pharmacist can advise you about conditions such as:

• Acne
• Allergies
• Athlete's foot
• Backache
• Blocked or runny nose
• Cold sores
• Constipation
• Cough
• Cystitis (in women)
• Diarrhoea
• Earache
• Eczema
• Headache
• Headlice
• Haemorrhoids (piles)
• Hay fever
• Impetigo
• Indigestion
• Mouth ulcers
• Pain
• Period pain
• Shingles
• Some skin conditions such as cellulitis or insect bites
• Sore throat
• Threadworms
• Thrush
• Urinary tract infections (UTI's)
• Warts and verrucas

 For more information visit NHS Inform