NHS England: Pharmacy First

Summary

This webpage provides information about the Phramacy First service, launched in England in January 2024. Pharmacy First builds on the NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service which enables patients to be referred into community pharmacy for a minor illness or an urgent repeat medicine supply.

Pharmacy First adds to this by enabling community pharmacies to complete episodes of care for seven common conditions following defined clinical pathways:

1. Acute otitis media (middle ear infection)
2. Impetigo
3. Infected insect bites
4. Shingles
5. Sinusitis
6. Sore throat
7. Uncomplicated urinary tract infections