Self-care

Before booking a GP appointment please check your symptoms on NHS Inform to see if your health issue can be managed through self-care advice and medications from your pharmacy.

A large number of health conditions resolve by themselves after a short time and can be treated with self-care advice and over-the-counter medications available from your pharmacy. Many of these medications can be accessed free-of-charge through the Pharmacy First scheme.

This helps us have more GP appointments available for you, when you really need one.