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VIEW ALLMental Health Awareness Day - Stay Active
Green spaces and nature are vital for good mental health and wellbeing.
Join Barnet Council for FREE wellbeing activities, music and dance performances & information stalls from local community organisations.
Date: 15th May 2024
Time: 11:00am Walking Group
Meeting point Orange Hill
entrance to Watling Park
12:00 to 17:00 sessions
and performances
Location: Watling Park, Burnt Oak,
HA8 0RW
London Pharmacy opening hours for May Day and Spring Bank Holiday 2024
Bank Holidays can affect the opening hours of local pharmacies. This document provides the opening hours for pharmacies in London which have been asked to open over May Day 6th May and Spring Bank Holiday 27th May 2024.
London Pharmacy opening hours for Easter Bank Holiday 2024 - Document
Pharmacy First
Patients can now get treatment for seven common conditions directly from their local pharmacy, without the need for a GP appointment or prescription.
Patients exempt from prescription charges will still be exempt. Pharmacy First allows community pharmacists to issue prescription only medicines, including antibiotics where clinically appropriate.
The Pharmacy First scheme was launched by the government and NHS England on 31 January 2024 to give patients quick and accessible care and ease pressure on GP services. Pharmacists will be able to treat 7 common health conditions without the need to visit a GP. Those conditions and age range are:
Age range | |
Ear infection | 1 to 17 years |
Impetigo | 1 year and over |
Infected insect bites | 1 year and over |
Shingles | 18 years and over |
Sinusitis | 12 years and over |
Sore throat | 5 years and over |
Uncomplicated urinary tract infections | Women 16-64 years |