Community Pharmacy Selfcare Advice Service

Community Pharmacy Selfcare Advice Service is a Locally Enhanced Service for the whole of North East London (NEL), which allows community pharmacies to provide support to eligible residents, to self-manage and have access to FREE over the counter (OTC) medication with clinical advice and support from pharmacies.

Access to the service can be through:

  • Walk-ins: Only eligible  to homeless, asylum seekers and refugees within NEL, who are either not registered with a GP Practice or registered with a NEL GP Practice, but are unable to make an appointment with their GP
  • GP Referrals: all other patient must be referred by a NEL GP practice via the Pharmacy First Service