Services Database BSW PGDs

• Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) ICB have commissioned community pharmacy to deliver the following Patient Group Directions (PGDs)
• • • Hydrocortisone – Children aged 1 to 10 and use on the face in patients over 1 year
    • Chloramphenicol ointment and drops from 31 days to under 2 years old
  • The PGD allows a pharmacist to issue a prescription only medicine (POM) in certain clinical situations without the need for a prescription
  • Patients can access the service via the following routes
    • Can self-present by walking into the pharmacy
    • Referred from the GP
      • Either using the GP Pharmacy First Service
      • Informal referral
    • NHS111 referral

Finding a Pharmacy

The pharmacy’s highlighted in Green on this map are accredited to provide the PGD’s.  Please contact the pharmacy to confirm availability of this service.