Fylde Coast GPs will not offer hayfever remedies
The hayfever season is worst for sufferers between late May and July.
At this time of year demand for prescriptions for simple antihistamines always increases but GPs across the Fylde coast will not routinely offer them unless there is a real clinical need.
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Hide AdNHS Blackpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) stopped the prescription of antihistamines for hay fever in 2016 following overwhelming agreement from the public that the cost to the NHS for the medicines was high compared to buying them over the counter.
NHS Fylde and Wyre CCG is to introduce the same approach from July 1 as part of its new policy on over the counter medication.