Enables community pharmacists to supply prescription-only medicines, including antibiotics and antivirals where clinically appropriate, to treat seven common health conditions without the need to visit a GP.
- Sinusitis: patients 12 yrs + - Sore throat: patients 5 yrs + - Earache: patients 1 yr - 17 yrs - Infected insect bite: patients 1 yr + - Impetigo (a bacterial skin infection) - patients 1 yr + - Shingles - patients 18 yrs + - Uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women 16 yrs - 64 yrs
If you go to a pharmacy with one of these conditions, the pharmacist will offer you advice, treatment or refer you to a GP or other healthcare professional if needed. They will then update your GP health record.
If you are not within these age ranges, a pharmacist can still offer advice, but you may need to see a GP for treatment.
NHS Prescription rules apply where a medication is supplied.