
NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
January 31, 2025 at 08:57 AM
🎂 Happy birthday Pharmacy First 🥳
Tens of thousands of Notts residents have received treatment from their local high street pharmacy in the first year of a new scheme aimed at giving better access to NHS care for common illnesses.
Pharmacy First was launched nationally on 31 January 2024 and more than 200 community pharmacies in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire are now the first port of call for people with the seven following common conditions👇
➡️ urinary tract infections or UTIs (women aged 16 to 64 years)
➡️ earache (aged 1 to 17 years)
impetigo (aged 1 year and over)
➡️ shingles (aged 18 years and over)
➡️ sinusitis (aged 12 years and over)
➡️ sore throat (aged 5 years and over)
➡️infected insect bites (aged 1 year and over)
Sam Tring of harts Pharmacy in Hucknall talks about the positive impact of the scheme 👇 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYCDlhK6PiM
More information 👇 https://notts.icb.nhs.uk/2025/01/31/pharmacy-firsts-first-birthday/ext
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