Pharmacy First/Minor Ailments

Many of our local pharmacies can offer advice and suggest courses of treatment for a range of health conditions

Please save GP appointments by seeing a Pharmacist for the following conditions:

  • Bites and stings (patients aged over 1 yr)
  • Chickenpox (patients aged over 6 months)
  • Colds/Flu-like symptoms/Nasal congestion (patients aged over 3 months)
  • Cold sore (patients aged over 2 yrs)
  • Conjunctivitis (Acute bacterial) (patients aged over 2 yrs)
  • Constipation (Acute) (patients aged over 1 yr)
  • Cough (patients aged over 6 yrs)
  • Cystitis (women aged 16-65 yrs)
  • Dermatitis/Dry skin/Allergic type skin rash
  • Diarrhoea (Acute) (patients aged over 2 yrs)
  • Earache (patients aged over 2 yrs)
  • Fever management
  • Fungal skin infections (patients aged over 1 yr)
  • Hayfever (Seasonal allergic rhinitis) (patients aged over 6 yrs)
  • Haemorrhoids (patients aged over 18 yrs)
  • Headache/Migraine (patients aged over 1 yr)
  • Heartburn/Indigestion (patients aged over 12yrs)
  • Impetigo
  • Infant colic
  • Mouth ulcers (patients aged over 5 yrs)
  • Nappy rash
  • Oral thrush (patients aged over 4 months)
  • Scabies (patients aged over 2 yrs)
  • Sore throat (patients aged over 1 yr)
  • Sprains and strains (patients aged over 12 years)
  • Teething (patients aged 2 months to 3 yrs)
  • Threadworms (patients aged over 2 yrs)
  • Vaginal thrush (patients aged 16 to 60 years)
  • Warts and Verrucas (patients aged over 1 yr)

NOTE: Age Exemptions Apply