This is an NHS service for people, including children, who don't pay for prescription charges. It means that if your pharmacist thinks you need a medicine to treat your minor illness, and you are eligible, then they can supply it free of charge.

The following illnesses the service can support:

• Blocked nose
• Cold
• Cold sores
• Conjunctivitis
• Constipation
• Contact dermatitis
• Cough
• Cystitis
• Diarrhoea
• Earache
• Haemorrhoids
• Hayfever
• Headache
• Head lice
• Heartburn
• High temperature
• Impetigo
• Indigestion
• Insect bites or stings
• Mouth ulcers
• Nappy rash
• Sore throat
• Threadworm