{"id":255467,"date":"2025-11-10T19:56:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/255467\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T19:56:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:56:17","slug":"sussex-pharmacists-offer-treatment-for-winter-illnesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/255467\/","title":{"rendered":"Sussex pharmacists offer treatment for winter illnesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Across Sussex, 286 community pharmacies are offering treatment for conditions like sore throats, earaches and sinusitis, helping to ease pressure on GP services.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Brijesh Thaker, pharmacist at Coldean Pharmacy, said: &#8220;Pharmacy First has really changed the way people can access healthcare.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We can now assess symptoms, provide treatment and medication straight away, and only refer to a GP if it is really needed.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Since January 2024, patients have been able to access care for seven common conditions directly at their pharmacy without seeing a GP, as part of the Pharmacy First scheme.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In July alone, 8,599 patients in Sussex used the service.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Pharmacies can also offer repeat supplies of the contraceptive pill, emergency contraception and support for those newly prescribed antidepressants.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Bruce Wallace, pharmacist at Ashington Pharmacy, said: &#8220;As we head into winter, your local pharmacy is also the best place to get your flu, COVID-19 and RSV vaccinations.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We offer advice on which vaccines you are eligible for, how they can protect you, and what to expect.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Pharmacists can refer patients to other healthcare professionals if necessary and update GP records as part of the service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Across Sussex, 286 community pharmacies are offering treatment for conditions like sore throats, earaches and sinusitis, helping to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-255467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}