Pharmacy Pharmacy Your local high street pharmacy can provide confidential, expert advice and treatment for a range of common illnesses and complaints, without having to wait for a GP appointment. Some of the things pharmacies can help with include: Aches Pains Stopping smoking Emergency contraception Medicines advice Hay fever Coughs Colds Diarrhoea Allergies Skin conditions Flu jabs. Your local high street pharmacy (sometimes called chemist) can provide confidential, expert advice and treatment for a range of common illnesses and complaints, without having to wait for a GP appointment or go to the Emergency Department. Pharmacies can help with a whole range of services including stopping smoking, emergency contraception, medicines advice, hay fever, allergies, skins conditions and flu jabs. You do not need an appointment to see a pharmacist.