NHS Think Pharmacy First – see your pharmacist campaign – accessible formats now available
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Going to your local pharmacy offers an easy and convenient way to get clinical advice on minor health concerns, and your pharmacist can provide treatment or some prescription medicine, if needed, for seven common conditions, without you seeing a GP.
And now your pharmacist can also provide you with oral contraception, without a prescription or the need to see a GP.
Highly trained pharmacists can assess, treat, and if needed, provide some prescription medicine sinusitis (aged 12 years and over), sore throat (aged 5 years and over), earache (aged 1 to 17 years), infected insect bites (aged 1 year and over), impetigo (aged 1 year and over), shingles (aged 18 years and over) and urinary tract infections (UTIs) (women aged 16 to 64 years), without needing to see a GP.
Community pharmacy teams are highly-skilled, qualified health professionals who have the right clinical training to give people the health advice they need. Patients don’t need an appointment and private consultation rooms are available. Pharmacy teams can also signpost to other relevant local services where necessary.
Pharmacists have always helped patients, families and carers in their communities stay healthy and are well placed to offer treatment for health conditions. By expanding the services community pharmacies offer, the NHS is aiming to free up GP appointments and give people more choice in how and where they access care.
Think pharmacy first and get seen by your local pharmacy team.
Visionary members are asked to share NHS resources with their networks.
You can download assets and alternative format flyers with versions which also include details of the age criteria for each service from the Campaign Resource Centre (CRC) (opens window) to share with your networks and service users including:
- 30s campaign video with BSL – Think Pharmacy First – NHS Campaign 2025 | BSL | YouTube
- audio flyers: Audio for NHS Pharmacy 2025 Flyer 1.MP3, Audio for NHS Pharmacy 2025 Flyer 2.MP3
- large print and easy read flyers, also available in braille from the CRC (opens window) or below.
NHS-Pharmacy 2025 Flyer Easy Read (PDF, 756 KB)
NHS-Pharmacy 2025 Flyer 1 – Large Print (PDF, 91 KB) NHS-Pharmacy 2025 Flyer 2 – Large Print (PDF, 78 KB)
For more information, visit nhs.uk/thinkpharmacyfirst
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