{"id":766890,"date":"2026-09-11T04:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T04:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/766890\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T04:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T04:36:10","slug":"pharmacies-to-offer-treatment-for-migraines-acne-and-3-other-common-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/766890\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacies to offer treatment for migraines, acne and 3 other common conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThursday 10th September 2026\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">NHS England has today announced quicker treatment of migraines, acne, scabies, ear infections and rhinitis through the expansion of the Pharmacy First service (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/2026\/09\/patients-to-get-quicker-treatment-for-migraines-acne-and-3-other-everyday-conditions-at-pharmacies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NHS England press release<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This has been covered by some media outlets (including BBC News and LBC News) and the official press release includes a comment from Community Pharmacy England:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Janet Morrison, Chief Executive of Community Pharmacy England, said:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cCommunity pharmacists already play an important role in helping people to manage minor illnesses, and we welcome plans to further develop the well-received Pharmacy First Service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe expanded offering will make better use of pharmacists\u2019 expertise and give patients quicker access to advice and treatment for a wider range of ailments. It also paves the way for pharmacists to be core community clinicians, cementing their role in neighbourhood health services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cpe.org.uk\/our-news\/nhs-england-announce-the-new-pharmacy-first-prescribing-pathways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pharmacy owners can learn more about the service expansion here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThursday 10th September 2026\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday 10th September 2026 NHS England has today announced quicker treatment of migraines, acne, scabies, ear infections and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":766891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-766890","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\/766890","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=766890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}