How our Gut Health Service can help you get the treatment you need

Independent prescribing pharmacists help ensure that people have access to safe and high-quality healthcare, addressing health issues before they get worse. They are able to prescribe medicines for any condition within their clinical competence.

Why use this prescription service for your gut condition?

Sometimes you have a health problem and your busy life or the thought of trying to make a GP appointment means you might not talk to a healthcare professional.

Pharmacy+Health provides you with accessible, highly-trained healthcare professionals that can see you quickly without having to wait. Book a face-to-face consultation in one of our branches’ private consultation rooms to discuss your symptoms.

Gut conditions we treat

Our pharmacist will ask you questions and carry out a thorough clinical assessment before making a diagnosis and prescribing treatments for the following conditions:

• Constipation

Gut conditions improved with a balanced diet

• Having fibre in your diet helps digestion and helps keep your bowels healthy, minimizing constipation. To achieve the advised 30g of fibre a day, according to nhs, aim for high fibre food sources such as: Oats, beans, fruits and vegetables, brown rice, and wholemeal bread.
• Staying hydrated and getting enough fluids throughout the day may help prevent and relieve constipation. Drinking water after every meal helps keep the stool soft and easy to pass.
• Despite propbiotics not being directly linked to relieving constipation, they are thought to help restore the natural balance of bacteria in your gut.
• Cutting back on greasy foods, spicy food, and fizzy drinks is important to avoid triggering your gut symptoms and help your gut symptoms from further worsening.

How does this service work?

Treatments

Depending on the consultation, your pharmacist might recommend the supply* of one of the following medicines for your gut:

• Antidiarrheal agents
• Laxatives
• Antispasmodics
• Antacids
• Alginates (raft forming medicines)
• Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs)
• Antihistamines (eg used in travel sickness)
• Antimuscarinics (anticholinergics)
• Antisickness medications
• Rehydration medications

*medication supplied at an additional cost

What is community pharmacy independent prescribing?

This services allows community pharmacists to develop and utlise their clinical skills and capabilities as a part of a wider shift across the health system to improve access to care in local communities and address health inequalities.

The NHS Community Pharmacy Independent Prescribing Programme aims to establish a framework for the future commissioning of NHS community pharmacy clinical services that incorporate independent prescribing for patients in primary care.

Book an appointment today

This service will initially be available every Thursday at our Alwoodley branch.

Simply click the above link, choose the service type and then the date/time that is convenient for you. It couldn’t be simpler!

PLEASE NOTE – in accordance with our terms & conditions:

The booking and provision of a health consultation does guarantee that prescription only medicines will be offered or supplied.

That the healthcare professional will make the diagnosis.

Any diagnosis made and advice or treatment given by the healthcare professional is their considered decision at that moment in time. Subsequent new symptoms or worsening health changes do not constitute negligence on the part of the healthcare professional carrying out the health consultation.

Prescription only medicines prescribed and supplied may have side effects. The healthcare professional has no control and can not be held liable for any side effects or adverse reactions which you may experience.

Your health consultation will be provided by an appropriate and qualified healthcare professional. Subject to the service you book this will either be a Pharmacist Independent Prescriber acting within the scope of their clinical practice or a Pharmacist under a Patient Group Direction framework.