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Nose, mouth and throat Health – Common Conditions

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Our Nose, Mouth, and Throat Health Common Conditions Service is available so you can get the help and treatment you need to alleviate your symptoms and provide you with the treatment you need for a speedy recovery.

If you are concerned about your health and would like a quick face-to-face appointment for diagnosis and treatment, book an appointment at any of our pharmacy branches.

Note this service will initially be available every Thursday, only at our Alwoodley branch.

  • Consultation appointment costs £25 at any pharmacy of your choice inclusive of treatment prescription.
  • Medication costs are additional
Appointments coming soon

How our nose, mouth and throat 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, address health issues before they get worse.

A pharmacist independent prescriber may prescribe autonomously for any condition within their clinical competence. 

Why use this prescription service for your nose, mouth, and throat 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 with no waiting que. Book a face-to-face consultation in one of our branches’ private consultation rooms to discuss the nose, mouth and throat health symptoms you’re suffering from.

Conditions we treat for nose, mouth, and throat

Our pharmacist will ask you questions, and diagnose you to be able to provide you with the best treatment route for any of these conditions:

  • Sinusitis
  • Allergic rhinitis
  • Sore throat / tonsillitis
  • Oral thrush
  • Cough

How does this service work

Treatments

Depending on the consultation, your pharmacist might recommend the supply* of one of the following medicines for your nose, mouth, and throat:

  • Nasal sprays
  • Lubricating mouth sprays
  • Cough medicines
  • Salt medicines
  • Antifungals
  • Analgesics
  • Anaesthetics
  • Steroids
  • Antibiotics
  • Decongestants
  • Menthol/vapour products
  • NSAIDS

*medications supplied at an additional cost.

What is Community pharmacy independent prescribing?

This services allows community pharmacists to develop and utlize 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.

Pharmacy First Common Conditions Service?

Pharmacy+Health is changing, to offer you convenient, health appointments.  This includes free NHS appointments for a range of common conditions, so if you’re feeling symptoms for:

Simply book online or call into one of our branches*.

As part of the Pharmacy First service, our pharmacists are now able to offer effective medication without the need for you to book an appointment with your GP first. Visit your local Pharmacy+Health team to learn more about how we can help you treat your condition via this NHS scheme.

*medications supplied at additional cost.

Book an appointment today for nose, mouth and throat conditions:

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

If you have an nose, mouth or throat problem that you suspect is unlikely to go away on its own, make a convenient appointment to discuss it with our trained pharmacists. Book an appointment at any of our  pharmacy branches for help with a range of aches and pains, including coughs, colds, and the flu. Our pharmacists can offer advice and treatment, and may be able to prescribe medicine without you needing to see a doctor.

Our pharmacist will discuss with you to check if your symptoms are a match for the conditions for which they can provide treatment. They may determine that the supply of some medication is appropriate (additional cost). This clinically approved supply can be carried out under what is known as a Patient Group Direction. Alternatively the pharmacist may decide that supply is not appropriate or that a referral needs to be made to another healthcare professional.

Whilst the NHS commissions pharmacies to provide a small number of clinical services, we are able to provide a much wider range on a private basis. A small fee of £25 provides you with face-to-face access to our trained healthcare team to help you get the treatment you need quickly.