alt Hacker NewsYou call 111 if you don't want to bother the 999 guys. 111 will tell you what you need to do, including "go to A&E".
What is wrong with going to A&E for an (as you said yourself) emergency?
A pharmacist dispenses medications and should know about their safe usage. They won't tell you how to bandage a wound.
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chrisjj • yesterday at 11:35 PM
Pharmacy. Not pharmacist.
Pharmacies provide much more than just medicine.
Getting a minor wound bandaged up is not what A&E is meant for, it's for life-threatening injuries.
Going to A&E and waiting there also means you're losing 4 to 6 hours.
111 you just get some robot asking you a never-ending list of inane questions before someone tells you to either self-care at home or go to A&E.
A pharmacist should be able to administer the supplies they sell, particularly wound dressing and care. It's a requirement in some other European countries like France (where pharmacists are doctors), but in the UK the reality is that most are unable to do so.