00:00 Patients in England can now get treatment for seven common conditions without needing
00:06 to see a GP under a shake-up of pharmacy services. Thousands of pharmacists will now be able
00:12 to treat patients attending the pharmacy for sinusitis, sore throats, earaches, infected
00:19 insect bites, impetigo, shingles and uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women under 65
00:27 without the need for a GP appointment or prescription. If you go to a pharmacy with one of these
00:32 conditions the pharmacy will offer you advice, treatment or refer you to a GP or other healthcare
00:38 professionals. They will then update your healthcare records. But what do locals think?
00:44 Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Very sensible. Years and years ago I did have a friend who
00:50 was a pharmacist and they are trained just as well as doctors and quite often they know
00:57 quite a bit more about what is going on because they are face to face with people every day.
01:04 The idea behind the scheme is to give people more places to get the care they need and
01:09 to assist GPs. Pharmacies will each receive an initial fixed payment of £2,000 for providing
01:16 the scheme plus £15 for every consultation and a monthly fixed payment of £1,000 if
01:22 they do a minimum number of consultations. When we asked Bristolians what they would
01:28 like to see brought to their local high street many actually said more chemists. Many locals
01:36 have said that they want to see more pharmacies and GP surgeries on their local high streets.
01:43 Let's find out if Bristolians agree. Oh definitely I think that is brilliant. I know the wait
01:52 times is quite long for people when they are not well. It is quite nice to have another
01:57 one to go to and to not have to hang around the long queues and things. Definitely. Well
02:03 the chemists, we are two and we got down to one. But everything is going down isn't it?
02:12 Bringing prices down right. People don't have to go to supermarkets have they? For
02:17 example here in Westbury, another chemist might be a good idea. We have got one already
02:23 in the doctor's surgery and the doctor's surgery is very good. It has saved my life actually.
02:29 Westbury on Trim, doctor's service and Southmead Hospital. So I have got nothing but praise
02:35 for the health service. But I think maybe another chemist here would be good as well
02:40 as the one we have got. I am indeed. I think it has been underfunded. Whatever political
02:48 party you belong to. I am 79 so I have seen them come and I have seen them go. Only time
02:55 will tell how the new plans for pharmacies across the UK works.
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