Pharmacy information in Great Britain 2014

This statistic displays the response of individuals in Great Britain who would not seek information from a pharmacy for at least three health services. As of October 2014, 36 percent of individuals surveyed said they would not go to a pharmacy for information because they always go to their GP/practice surgery.

Why would you not be likely to get information from a pharmacy on some of the issues that I just mentioned?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Always go to my GP/practice surgery	36%
Did not think about going to a pharmacy	15%
Do not live near one/ none nearby	10%
Do not have a pharmacist I know personally/would trust	7%
Did not know they gave advice/not aware could do this/thought only handed out medicines	6%
Do not trust advice from pharmacists/ not fully trained staff/ not as good as GPd	6%
Not open at convenient trimes	4%
No privacy/ do not like talking aloud/ in front of others	4%
Do not like going to pharmacy	3%
I would be worried about receiving advice from a pharmacy	3%
Would prefer to just buy medicines	3%
I'm capable of treating myself and don't need advice	2%

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Release date

January 2015

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

September 26 to October 12, 2014

Number of respondents

822 respondents

Age group

15 years and over

Special properties

respondents who would not use a pharmacy for information for at least three of the services

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

The exact formulation of the question: Can I just check, why would you not be likely to get information from a pharmacy on some of the issues that I just mentioned?

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