The Pharmacy First Service (PFS) aims to position pharmacies as the frontline of healthcare, offering initial contact for patients and enhancing accessibility, especially with the NHS waiting list ...

The NHS Pharmacy First service is delivered by your local community pharmacy and aims to help you with seven minor conditions ...

“As an example of what is ultimately possible, in the UK, the (National Health Service) pharmacy-first service which launched on January 31 expands the role of Boots pharmacists throughout ...

This action could affect services available under the Pharmacy First scheme. The Pharmacy First service, launched in January in England, extended the range of services chemists can provide ...

MPs have called for “financial incentives” to be introduced to encourage GPs to "work with pharmacies” and engage with the Pharmacy First service, amid new plans for Pharmacy First ear, nose and ...

A team of scientists and experts have been awarded funding to evaluate the new National Health Service Pharmacy First service. Researchers led by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in ...

Millions of Brits can skip the GP queue this winter and head straight to their local pharmacist. Amid warnings a ‘quad-emic’ of flu, covid, RSV and norovirus, doctors and hospital medics are battling ...

Only 8% of patients using the Pharmacy First service are referred back to their GP practice, NHS England has claimed. Under the service, GP practices can refer patients to community pharmacies for ...