{"id":425061,"date":"2026-02-14T08:21:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T08:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/425061\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T08:21:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T08:21:36","slug":"chemists-treat-more-patients-with-common-ailments-says-carlton-pharmacist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/425061\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemists treat more patients with common ailments, says Carlton pharmacist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lali said she would like to see more patients access the services chemist shops could offer, including Pharmacy First.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We have seen more than 200 patients with sore throats since we started the Pharmacy First scheme. There have been 800 consultations since we began.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We have to assess the throat to see if it is a bacterial infection or if it is a virus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We only prescribe antibiotics on the NHS where we think it is necessary. Antibiotics only work against bacterial infections, not viruses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">According to NHS Midlands, last year the top three ailments people turned to pharmacists for help and treatment were sore throats, urinary tract infections and insect bites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lali said sore throats, sinusitis and urinary tract infections were the main ailments treated at her chemist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There needs to be more awareness of what we can do,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We are capable of offering patients more to help manage a range of conditions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She stressed that not everyone considers a pharmacy when looking for healthcare support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lali said she would like to see more patients access the services chemist shops could offer, including Pharmacy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-425061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425061","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=425061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}