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Pharmacy First Plus

NHS Pharmacy First Plus aims to support patients with acute common clinical conditions. It is an extension of the NHS Pharmacy First Service Scotland and aims to reduce pressure on GP practices and urgent care by offering quicker, local access to treatment without needing a GP appointment.

Pharmacy First Plus allows Independent Prescribing Pharmacists (IPs) in community pharmacies to diagnose and prescribe treatment for common clinical conditions that go beyond the scope of the standard Pharmacy First service.

Examples may include:

  • Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
  • Respiratory infections
  • Ear, nose & throat issues
  • Skin conditions
  • Eye infections (with optometry support)
  • Allergies and other acute common conditions

Not all community pharmacies can provide this service as the pharmacist needs to have completed additional training to become an independent prescriber (IP).

Please see the lists below to check which pharmacies in your area offer Pharmacy First Plus.

Ardrossan

  • Gallagher Pharmacy, 6 Central Avenue, Ardrossan, KA22 7DX
  • Gallagher Pharmacy, 41 Glasgow Street, Ardrossan, KA22 8EP

Beith

  • Well Pharmacy, Beith

Dreghorn

  • Davidsons Pharmacy, 20 Main Street, Dreghorn, KA11 4AH

Dundonald

  • Davidsons Dundonald, 11 Main Street, Dundonald, KA2 9HF

Irvine

  • Boots the Chemists, 1 Fullarton Square, Irvine
  • Boots the Chemists, Bourtreehill, Irvine, KA11 1PQ
  • Boots Pharmacy, 9A Frew Terrace, Irvine, KA12 9DZ
  • Boots Pharmacy, 22/24 High Street, Irvine, KA12 0AY
  • Boots Pharmacy, Unit 2B East Road, Irvine, KA12 0AA
  • Irvine Pharmacy, 154/156 High Street, Irvine, KA12 8AA
  • Lawthorn Pharmacy, 1 Cardow Crescent, Irvine, KA11 2DH

Kilbirnie

  • Boots Pharmacy, 78 Main Street, Kilbirnie, KA25 7AA

Kilwinning

  • Boots the Chemists, 27 Almswall Road, Kilwinning
  • Rowlands Pharmacy, 151 Main Street, Kilwinning, KA13 6EQ
  • Townhead Pharmacy, Station Plaza, Kilwinning

Largs

  • Boots Pharmacy, 42 Main Street, Largs, KA30 8AL
  • Halliday Pharmacy, Largs
  • Morrisons Pharmacy, 4 Irvine Road, Largs

Millport

  • Cumbrae Pharmacy, 30 Stuart Street, Millport, KA28 0AJ

Saltcoats

  • Boots the Chemists, Dockhead Street, Saltcoats
  • Gallagher Pharmacy, 19 Dockhead Street, Saltcoats, KA21 5ED
  • Gallagher Pharmacy, 17/19 Raise Street, Saltcoats, KA21 5LX
  • Gallagher Pharmacy, Hamilton Street, Saltcoats

Skelmorlie

  • JB Spence Medical Hall, 49 Skelmorlie Castle Road, Skelmorlie, PA17 5AH

Stevenston

  • Gallagher Pharmacy, 33 New Street, Stevenston, KA20 3HB
  • Rowlands Pharmacy, 28 New Street, Stevenston, KA20 3HF

West Kilbride

  • Rowlands Pharmacy, 110/112 Main Street, West Kilbride, KA23 9AR

Crosshouse

  • Crosshouse Pharmacy, 4/8 Irvine Road, Crosshouse, KA2 0HQ

Cumnock

  • Cumnock Pharmacy (Alloway Retail Ltd), 9B Townhead Street, Cumnock, KA18 1LE
  • Rowlands Pharmacy, Tanyard, Cumnock

Dalmellington

  • Doon Valley Pharmacy, 5 Cathcartson, Dalmellington, KA6 7QY

Dalrymple

  • Dalrymple Pharmacy, 6 Main Street, Dalrymple, KA6 6DF

Darvel

  • McConnell Pharmacy, Darvel

Fenwick

  • Fenwick Pharmacy, 77 Main Road, Fenwick, KA3 6DU

Galston

  • McConnell Pharmacy, Galston

Hurlford

  • McConnell Pharmacy, 27 Mauchline Road, Hurlford, KA1 5AB

Kilmaurs

  • Kilmaurs Pharmacy, 5 Main Street, Kilmaurs, KA3 2RQ

Kilmarnock

  • Bellfield Pharmacy, 89 Whatriggs Road, Kilmarnock, KA1 3RB
  • Boots the Chemists, 62/70 King Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 1PT
  • Boots Pharmacy, 5 Burns Precinct, Kilmarnock, KA1 1LT
  • Boots Pharmacy, 63 Grange Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 2DD
  • Boots Pharmacy, 9 Portland Road, Kilmarnock
  • Boots Pharmacy, 9/11 St Marnock Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 1DZ
  • Deans Pharmacy, 53 MacPhail Drive, Kilmarnock, KA3 7ET
  • Houlihan Pharmacy, 120 Glasgow Road, Kilmarnock, KA3 1UT
  • Templetons Pharmacy, 14 Dean Street, Kilmarnock, KA3 1EA

Logan

  • Logan Pharmacy, 4 Logan Avenue, Logan, KA18 3HB

New Cumnock

  • Rowlands Pharmacy, 24 Castle Street, New Cumnock, KA18 4AH

Newmilns

  • McConnell Pharmacy, 30 Main Street, Newmilns, KA16 9DE

Ochiltree

  • Right Medicine, 90 Main Street, Ochiltree, KA18 2PF

Patna

  • Boots Pharmacy, Patna

Stewarton

  • Boots Pharmacy, 8 Main Street, Stewarton, KA3 5AE
  • Stewart Pharmacy, 55 High Street, Stewarton, KA3 5BP

Ayr

  • Alloway Pharmacy, 21 Alloway, Ayr, KA7 4PY
  • Ayr Pharmacy (Burns), Ayr
  • Bankfield Pharmacy, 146 Dalmellington Road, Ayr, KA7 3PR
  • Boots Pharmacy, 168/170 High Street, Ayr, KA7 1PZ
  • Boots Pharmacy, 42 Main Road, Whitletts, Ayr, KA8 0LQ
  • Morrisons Pharmacy, Castlehill Road, Ayr, KA7 2HT
  • Ogg & Co, 44 Newmarket Street, Ayr, KA7 1LR
  • Rowlands Pharmacy, 298 Mount Oliphant Crescent, Ayr, KA7 3EN
  • Seafield Pharmacy, 43/45 Blackburn Drive, Ayr, KA7 2XW
  • Well, 14 Sandgate, Ayr, KA7 1BH
  • Wellington Sq Pharmacy, 26 Wellington Square, Ayr, KA7 1HH

Coylton

  • The Pharmacy S J McCormick, 13A Main Street, Coylton, KA6 6JW

Drongan

  • The Pharmacy S J McCormick, 64 Mill O’Shield Road, Drongan, KA6 7AY

Girvan

  • Boots the Chemists, 39 Dalrymple Street, Girvan, KA26 9BS

Maybole

  • Carrick Pharmacy, 71 High Street, Maybole, KA19 7AB

Monkton

  • Monkton Pharmacy, Monkton

Mossblown

  • Mossblown Pharmacy, Mauchline Road, Mossblown, KA6 5DL

Prestwick

  • Boots Pharmacy, 8 The Cross, Prestwick
  • Toll Pharmacy, Ayr Road, Prestwick

Tarbolton

  • Tarbolton Pharmacy, The Cross, Tarbolton, KA5 5DA

Troon

  • Willis Pharmacy, 15 Templehill, Troon, KA10 6BQ