Pharmacy Services

Minor Ailments Service MAS and Pharmacy First

Many people are not aware that the pharmacist can be consulted without appointment for advice and treatment. This is completely free for Children to the age of 16 and young people in education until age 18, if you are 60 or over or if you are in receipt of most of the usual benefits.

Click this link to see the long list of Pharmacy First medication for illnesses they can treat and medicines they can provide which includes Peptac and ranitidine for Indigestion, various drops for Infant Colic, laxatives for constipation, advice on what to do and what medicines to temporarily stop if you have diarrhoea, creams for haemorrhoids, mouth ulcers and teething, oral thrush, drops tablets and nose sprays for hay fever, advice and remedies for coughs colds and sore throats, painkillers for injuries and pain, travel sickness tablets, creams and tablets for fungal infectionsincluding vaginal thrush and athletes foot, cold sore cream, wart treatments, treatment for the whole family if you suspect a case of worms headlice or scabies. Vitamins and iron for pregnant Mums. Moisturising and steroids creams for eczema and allergy, Applications and shampoos for cradle cap and flaking scalps. For dry eyes or eye infectionsthey can prescribe soothing and antibiotic drops, and the can supply you with drops to remove ear wax, and dressings for cuts and scrapes.

Pharmacy First services are free to anyone registered with a Scottish GP. If you are a woman between 16 and 65 and suspect you have a urine infection, you can walk in to most pharmacies without an appointment and consult with the pharmacist and be prescribed antibiotics straight away. If you suspect a case of impetigo skin infection and the patient is over 2 years old you can get a prescription for antibiotic creams.

More details at this health board web page. www.nhsggc.org.uk/patients-and-visitors/know-who-to-turn-to/pharmacist/pharmacy-first/