We are keen to help patients improve on self help and hope that the following information will offer some insight into that.
Take a look and see if you can improve your own understanding of your health and well-being! Please encourage others to look here too.
Here is a list of ailments that can be safely self managed. If you don’t pay for your prescriptions, you can get treatments for many of these conditions for free at a community pharmacy under the ‘Minor ailment scheme’.
Common ailments that can be self managed :
| Back pain | Cold sores |
| Common Cold | Conjunctivitis |
| Constipation | Cough |
| Diarrhoea | Dysmenorrhoea (painful periods) |
| Earache/Ear Care | Haemorrhoids |
| Hayfever | Head lice |
| Headache | Heartburn & Indigestion |
| Influenza | Insect bites |
| Migraine | Nasal congestion |
| Nappy rash | Sore throat |
| Sinusitis | Sprains and strains |
| Thrush and Urinary (Water) Infections | Warts and Verrucas |