Minor Ailments (Pharmacy First)

NHS Pharmacy First Scotland

You can get rapid advice, treatment, and even prescriptions for free from your local pharmacy via the NHS Pharmacy First Service. This may save you from making an appointment with your GP. Please click here for more information

You can use the NHS Minor Ailment Service if:

  • You are registered with a GP in Scotland, and
  • You don't pay for your prescriptions, and
  • You don't live in a nursing or residential care home.

If you are eligible for this service, you will be able to get advice and free treatment (if you need it) from your pharmacist for minor illnesses and complaints such as:

Acne

Athlete's foot

Backache

Cold sores

Constipation

Cough

Diarrhoea

Ear ache

 

Eczema and allergies

Emergency contraception

Haemorrhoids

Hay fever

Headache

Head lice

Indigestion

Mouth ulcers

 

Nasal congestation

Pain

Period pain

Thrush

Sore throat

Threadworms

Warts and verrucae

 

 

Page last reviewed: 16 August 2023
Page created: 16 August 2023