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The Pharmacy First scheme provides professional health care advice, treatments, and medicines for common illnesses from your local pharmacy, without the need for an appointment.
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The NPA wants to expand Pharmacy First to help tackle A&E logjam.
30 Jun 2025
Boosting public awareness should help ensure budget is spent, minister claims
10 Jun 2025
An analysis by the National Pharmacy Association found having a service similar to the one in Scotland could save 14 million GP appointments each year.
06 Jun 2025
Company Chemists' Association chief executive Malcolm Harrison said pharmacies should be allowed to provide home blood pressure monitoring as well as ABPM.
02 Jun 2025
Sore throat and UTI consultations perform strongly as NHS announces milestone.
29 May 2025
LPC chief Shilpa Shah presents a breakdown of how services can aid recruitment efforts
14 May 2025
Independent prescriber Victoria Lang noticed the patient was unwell and became more concerned after going through their medical history.
14 Apr 2025
Some £204 million was spent in the first year and £145 million in the second year, taking the total to £349 million and leaving £296 million.
08 Apr 2025
This module is to increase knowledge of supporting customers with tick bites. Insect bites, including those from ticks, are a common ailment presented to community pharmacy and climate change is causing an increase in tick-related illnesses. Some of these illnesses can be serious and patients may not always realise they have been bitten by a tick. This module aims to support you with identifying tick bites in patients and how to support them. It will also cover measures to prevent tick bites.
24 Mar 2025
Pharmacy First sore throat consultations more than twice as likely to lead to a supply.
13 Mar 2025
A fraction of the £645m allocated to Pharmacy First was spent in the first eight months of the financial year.
11 Mar 2025
Healthwatch Derbyshire said improved engagement with faith groups was needed and information should be supplied in different languages.
24 Feb 2025
Baroness Merron said NHS England is working closely with integrated care boards, GPs and community pharmacy to improve referrals.
05 Feb 2025
Trade body says prescribing-led service would provide launchpad for further expansion.
03 Feb 2025
Lincolnshire Co-op said the biggest number of consultations was in December which saw a 13 per cent increase on November.
30 Jan 2025
Harry McQuillan, however, cautioned any expansion must be underpinned by funding.
28 Jan 2025
