NHS Pharmacy First Approved List Updated October 2026

Published: 1st October 2026

The approved list of products for the NHS Pharmacy First Scotland Service will be updated on the 1st October 2025.

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Changes made in this edition:

• Update to advise of the intended next review outcome (1st October 2029)

• Update to Section 10.1 Skin – Eczema and Allergy:
  Addition of West of Scotland Formulary (applicable to NHS Ayrshire & Arran, NHS Dumfries & Galloway, NHS Forth Valley, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, NHS Lanarkshire)

• Emollients - creams

  • Epimax original cream – 100 g, 500 g

  • Zerobase 11% cream – 50 g, 500 g

  • Cetraben cream – 50 g, 500 g

  • QV cream – 100 g, 500 g

• Emollients - gels

  • Epimax isomol gel – 100 g, 500 g

  • ZeroDouble gel – 100 g, 500 g

• Emollients - ointments

  • 1st line – White soft paraffin 50% / Liquid paraffin 50% ointment* - 250 g, 500 g

  • 1st line – Zeroderm ointment – 125 g, 500 g

  • 2nd line – Hydromol ointment – 125 g, 500 g

    *Brands reimbursable as per Part 2 of the Scottish Drug Tariff:

    • Fifty: 50 ointment – 250 g, 500 g

    • KreaMoint 50:50 ointment – 500 g

• NHS Ayreshire & Arran

  Amended to include West of Scotland Formulary details

  Emollients

  • Removal of Doublebase gel – 100 g, 500 g

  • Removal of Hydromol ointment – 1 kg

  • Removal of Zeroveen cream – 100 g, 500 g

  • Removal of Pure Health Liquid Paraffin 50% in White Soft Paraffin ointment – 500 g

  Bath/shower preparations with antimicrobials

  • Removal of Dermol 500 lotion – 500 ml

• NHS Dumfries & Galloway

  Amended to include West of Scotland Formulary details

  Emollients

  • Removal of ExoCream – 500 ml

  • Removal of Hydromol ointment – 1 kg

  Emollient bath and shower additives

  • Removal of Emulsifying ointment -500 g

  • Removal of Hydromol Bath and Shower emollient – 500 ml

  • Removal of QV Gentle wash – 500 ml

  Bath/shower preparations with antimicrobials

  • Removal of Dermol 200 shower emollient – 200 ml

  • Removal of Dermol 600 bath emollient – 500 ml

• NHS Forth Valley

  Amended to include West of Scotland Formulary details

  Emollients

  • Removal of Doublebase gel – 100 g, 500 g

  • Removal of Cetraben cream – 150 g

  • Removal of QV 5% skin lotion – 500 ml

  • Removal of Dermol cream – 100 g, 500 g

  • Removal of Dermol 500 Lotion (as a soap substitute) – 500 ml

  • Removal of QV Gentle wash (as soap substitute) – 500 ml

  • Removal of Pure Health Liquid Paraffin 50% in White Soft Paraffin ointment – 500 g

• NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

  Amended to include West of Scotland Formulary details

  Lotion

  • Removal of Cetraben Lotion – 200 ml, 500 ml

  Ointment

  • Removal of Pure Health Liquid Paraffin 50% in White Soft Paraffin ointment – 500 g

  Emollient bath and shower additives

  • Removal of Hydromol bath and shower emollient – 350 ml, 500 ml, 1000 ml

• NHS Lanarkshire

  Amended to include West of Scotland Formulary details

  Emollients

  • Removal of ExoCream – 500 ml

  • Removal of Emulsifying ointment – 500 g

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