Common Ailments Service

The Common Ailments Service should be used as an alternative to seeing a GP.

Patients registered to a Welsh GP surgery is eligable to use this service. The only exclusions are:

• Temporary residents whose usual address is outside of Wales
• Care home residents
• Sometimes when you or your family are unwell you may not need to make an appointment to see your doctor. Your local participation community pharmacist is a trained medical professional who can provide free advice and now free treatment on a range of common ailments. See your local pharmacist for more details. .

Please see below the list of conditions included in the Common Ailments Service:

There are no evidenced based NHS treatments available for conditions marked with *. Pharmacists will provide advice on self care and ongoing management of symptoms.

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Who can be referred to this service?

For some conditions there are exclusions which will be based on:

• Age
• Pregnancy
• Breastfeeding
• Clinical exclusions

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**If you are unsure as to whether this service suits you, please contact your local pharmacy for advice**

Pharmacies covering this service are as follows:                                                            

You can also see the pharmacist if you have a sore throat. Please click the link below to see which chemists are included in the scheme. 

https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/urgent-care-out-of-hours/need-urgent-care/sore-throat-test-and-treat-service/