Services Database Minor ailments service for asylum seekers

Service ID

536184

Description

The purpose of the Community Pharmacy Minor Ailments Service is to ensure that patients
can access self-care advice and for the treatment of specific ailments by recommended over
the counter medication.
The specific ailments and area covered by this service, in accordance with locally developed
protocols are:
Contact Dermatitis
Constipation
Diarrhoea
Fever or temperature
Hay fever / allergic rhinitis
Headache / pain
Indigestion
Insect bites / stings
Sore throat
Patients who do not pay for prescriptions can be supplied these medicines and appliances
free of charge and billed to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board via
PharmOutcomes.

Location of service

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough LPC

Commissioner

Other: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board

Method of commissioning

Source of funding

Service type

Minor ailment service

Other organisations involved

Dates

Start date:
End date:

Status

Ongoing

Training

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