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Local Pharmacies
NHS Pharmacy First Scotland is a NHS service designed to encourage everyone to visit their community pharmacy as the first port of call for all minor illnesses and specific common clinical conditions. You can use NHS Pharmacy First Scotland if you are registered with a GP practice in Scotland or you live in Scotland. Speak to the pharmacy team if you need further details.
A series of videos have been produced and are linked below to explain what your Pharmacy and the Pharmacy First service can offer.
What is NHS Pharmacy First? from NHS Lothian on Vimeo.
A pharmacist can give you advice and treatment (if you need it) for minor illnesses such as the following.
- Acne
- Allergies
- Athlete’s foot
- Backache
- Blocked or runny nose
- Cold sores
- Constipation
- Cough
- Cystitis (in women)
- Diarrhoea
- Earache
- Eczema
- Headache
- Head lice
- Haemorrhoids (piles)
- Hay fever
- Impetigo
- Indigestion
- Mouth ulcers
- Sore throat
- Pain
- Period pain
- Threadworms
- Thrush
- Warts
- Verrucas
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