While Pharmacy First could partially relieve wait times at GP offices and emergency rooms, it’s sidestepping the larger chronic problem of NHS underfunding.

Pharmacists will be able to treat people with migraines, acne, more types of ear infection and other conditions as the NHS 'pharmacy first' scheme is expanded. The scheme allows people to get care for ...

GP leaders have criticised the Government’s expansion of Pharmacy First, warning against the assumption that conditions presenting as ‘minor’ are usually suitable to be diagnosed and treated outside ...

Some pharmacists in England can now prescribe medicines for acne, migraines, scabies, ear infections, and rhinitis in a major expansion of the Pharmacy First scheme first introduced in 2024. The five ...