Pharmacy First: Minor Ailments Scheme
Pharmacy First is a scheme available for children and people who do not have to pay for their prescriptions and are suffering from a common ailment.
Below is a list of local pharmacies who are particpating in the scheme.
Your local pharmacist will be able to offer you expert advice and medicines for a wide range of common ailments without the need to visit your GP. No appointment is necessary but you will need to give your pharmacist your NHS number, or your child’s NHS number to receive advice, and where appropriate, medicines free of charge.
Some of the common ailments included are:
• Bites, stings, allergies and hayfever
• Constipation and diarrhoea
• Earache
• Teething
• Sore throat
• Vaginal thrush
• Athlete’s foot
• Acute bacterial conjunctivitis
• Haemorrhoids
• Threadworm
• Warts and verruca’s
Participating Pharmacies
Tamworth
Asda Pharmacy, Asda Superstore, Ventura Road, Tamworth, B78 3HD
01827 302210
Boots The Chemist, 18 – 24 Ankerside, Tamworth, B79 7LQ
01827 62032
Boots The Chemist, Ventura Park, Tamworth, B78 3HB
01827 312631
Dosthill Pharmacy, 57 High Street, Dosthill, Tamworth, B77 1LG
01827 280647
Dosthill Pharmacy, GP Surgery, Cadogan Road, Dosthill, B77 1PQ
01827 280647
Eason Pharmacy, 215A Watling Street, Wilnecote, Tamworth, B77 5BB
01827 280837
Exley Pharmacy, Unit 4, Exley Centre, Belgrave, Tamworth, B77 2LA
01827 261442
Fazeley Pharmacy, 11 Coleshill Street, Fazeley, B78 3RB
01827 262488
Magrath VJ Pharmacy, 68 Caledonian, Glascote Heath, Tamworth, B77 2ED
01827 288032
Primary Care Pharmacy, 30 Hospital Street, Tamworth, B79 7EB
01827 702044
Peak Pharmacy, 266 Tamworth Road, Amington, B77 3DQ
01827 65933
Rowlands Pharmacy, Warwick Deane, 54 Albert Road, Tamworth, B79 7JN
01827 63608
Siswick’s Pharmacy, 146 Masefield Drive, Leyfields, Tamworth, B79 8JA
01827 64510
Well Pharmacy, 1-5 Church St, Tamworth, B79 7DH
01827 62201