Important notice:
From 15th May 2012, the team delivering the work of the NPC will form the NICE Medicines and Prescribing Centre and will sit alongside the Clinical Guidelines team within the Centre for Clinical Practice.
As part of NICE, all future Medicines and prescribing outputs will be published on the NICE website and signposted from the Medicines and prescribing home page.
Minor ailment schemes
NPC legacy site
Although no new Medicines and prescribing content will be published to the NPC legacy website, the extensive catalogue of existing publications, resources and e-learning materials will still be available to view and download for as long as the information contained within them remains accurate and up-to-date. All future Medicines and prescribing outputs will be published on the NICE website and signposted from the Medicines and prescribing homepage.
A community pharmacy minor ailment scheme is a locally tailored scheme whereby patients are encouraged to go to a participating community pharmacy for treatment and/or advice for specified minor ailments instead of seeing their GP.
Find out more information about ‘minor ailment schemes’ including; how they work, the benefits, and the barriers plus lots more by using the e-learning materials section and/or the other useful links and resources available on the left-hand side menu
