NHS Essential Services we provide:

Dispensing prescriptions – We dispense NHS prescriptions (paper and electronic) and will give advice on how to get the most benefit from your medicines. We keep a comprehensive stock of medicines and use an efficient wholesaler service to enable us to dispense all prescriptions promptly. We can also dispense NHS repeat dispensing prescriptions. Ask us for more information about this service.

Our staff can also advise you on safe storage of medicines.

Unwanted medicines – Please email the pharmacy with details of unwanted medicines and we will assist with disposal.

Health advice and self-care – Our pharmacist and trained assistants are available to provide advice on all medicines and minor ailments, in private if required. We can also give you advice on how to live a healthy life, for example, advice on how to stop smoking or healthy diets. We meet Healthy Living Pharmacy standards. You can also talk to our health champion who can give you advice on how to improve your health and wellbeing. We can also direct you to other sources of advice and assistance if we cannot help you ourselves.

Discharge Medicines Service – In hospital, the medicines you take may be changed, or new medicines prescribed. With your consent, we may be informed of these changes so that we can provide advice and support to you with the medicines you will be taking after your visit to hospital. We can also liaise with the hospital and your doctor, if this is necessary. Ask us for more information about this service.

Healthy Living Pharmacy – As a healthy living pharmacy we offer a range of services, including support for self-care, access to public health information and campaigns, signposting to other health services, and specific health interventions like smoking cessation and advice on healthy diets.

Public Health – We will provide healthy lifestyle advice to patients receiving prescriptions who appear to have diabetes, coronary heart disease (CHD), patients who are smokers or are overweight. During specific targeted campaign periods we will actively promote public health messages.

Dispensing appliances – We can dispense a range of appliances from our pharmacy both as prescriptions and repeatable prescriptions. Every effort will be made to source and supply these items.