Community Pharmacy

Pharmacists are experts in medicines, and use their clinical expertise, together with their practical knowledge, to advise you on minor health concerns, such as coughs, colds, aches and pains, as well as healthy eating and stopping smoking.  Find out more here



The patient can be signposted if the patient is otherwise well and:

See Exclusion Document

The patient CANNOT be signposted if:

See exclusion document –  if a patient answers yes to any of these red flags, this would mean they process through normal channels and if they answer no, they can potentially be sent to pharmacy.


Present to local pharmacy – https://beta.nhs.uk/find-a-pharmacy/

There are 73 community pharmacies, 6 of which are pen 7 days a week and in the evenings from 7am – 11pm