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NHS- PHARMACY FIRST 

The NHS have introduced a new service which is now available in local pharmacies.

Pharmacists can now offer advice to patients and supply NHS medicines where clinically appropriate (including some prescription only medicines), to treat 7 common health conditions,

These conditions include:

  • Sinusitis
  • Sore throat
  • Earache
  • Infected insect bites
  • Impetigo
  • Shingles
  • Uncomplicated urinary infections in women aged between 16-64

If you are suffering with any of the above symptoms you can visit your local pharmacy for an assessment, advice and treatment (if it is deemed necessary) without the need to wait for a GP appointment.

You can also still ask your pharmacist for advice on minor ailments such as:

  • Back-ache, sprains and strains
  • Colds
  • Conjunctivitis 
  • Coughs
  • Diarrhoea
  • Earache 
  • Haemorrhoids
  • Hay fever
  • Head lice 
  • Headache and fever
  • Heartburn and indigestion
  • Insect bites and stings
  • Mild eczema and dermatitis
  • Minor fungal and skin infections
  • Mouth ulcers
  • Nappy rash
  • Sore throat 
  • Teething 
  • Threadworm
  • Thrush 

RSV Vaccination

From 1 September 2024, patients who turn 75 and those age 75 to 79 will be eligible for a free vaccine to protect them from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). You can still get the vaccine up to the day before you turn 80.

If you are not yet 75 the NHS will invite you for vaccination once you turn 75.

 

RSV is an infectious disease of the airways and lungs. RSV infection often causes symptoms similar to a cold, including:

  • cough
  • sore throat
  • sneezing
  • a runny or blocked nose

It can also make you become wheezy or short of breath and lead to pneumonia and other life-threatening conditions. There is no specific treatment, and most infections will get better by themselves. Every year thousands of older adults need hospital care for RSV, and some of them will die. RSV can be more severe in people with medical conditions such as heart or lung disease or a weakened immune system.

RSV infection is common in young children but is most serious for small babies and for older people.

Almost all older adults will have had several RSV infections during their life. A single dose of vaccine will help to boost protection as you reach an age group at highest risk of serious RSV infection. Unlike the flu vaccine you do not need to have the RSV vaccine every year.