If you have walked in to your local Community Pharmacy recently or even over the last couple of years you may have noticed that there is a lot more on offer than just picking up your prescriptions and some general medication like headache tablets.\xa0 So for this week\u2019s check in with Glasgow based Pharmacist Elizabeth Roddick we find out about how your local community Pharmacy has changed over the years and what they are now able to offer you too.\xa0
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\nElizabeth began by telling our Toby Davey about the changes that have happened in the Pharmacy in the last few years and an outline of what Pharmacy staff are able to offer you when you walk through the door, with some differences depending which nation you might live in.
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\nThen to how things may link up between your local community Pharmacy and your local GP\xa0
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\nFor more about Pharmacy First in England do visit -
\nhttps://www.england.nhs.uk/primary-care/pharmacy/pharmacy-services/pharmacy-first/
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\nAnd for Pharmacy First in Scotland do visit -
\nhttps://www.gov.scot/publications/nhs-pharmacy-first-scotland-information-patients/#\xa0\n
\nTo get in touch with Elizabeth you can email info@elizabethroddick.com or for more information visit - https://elizabethroddick.com
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\nImage: Picture showing Elizabeth standing in her pharmacy, dressed in her white pharmacist coat and a colourful bandana around her neck, she's smiling. Warmly at the camera with her hands slightly raised.