Common clinical conditions and ailments services

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Feel confident and competent to provide national common clinical conditions and ailments services such as:

  • NHS Pharmacy First (England)
  • NHS Pharmacy First Scotland and NHS Pharmacy First Plus (Scotland) 
  • Community Pharmacy Wales Common Ailments Service and Pharmacist Independent Prescribing Service: Common Ailments and Contraception (Wales). 

Our guide has signposting to useful resources and practical information on the skills you need to deliver a successful service. 

For services with a prescribing element, you may also want to check out our prescribing guides for all your prescribing needs.
 

Sections on this page 

  • Service requirement
  • Competence
  • Confidence in consultation and decision-making skills
  • Clinical knowledge, clinical assessment skills and red flags
  • Remote consultation
  • Documentation and safety-netting
  • Safeguarding
  • AMS and sepsis
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Managing expectations
  • Pharmacist and staff safety
  • Workforce wellbeing and professional empowerment

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