If you are too busy to arrange an appointment to see your doctor or feel your problem is not severe enough to talk to the GP, you canalways call in to our pharmacy. There you will be seen, in private if required, by a highly qualified healthcare professional who can giveadvice and if necessary supply a remedy or refer you on to a very wide variety of National and local services, if your problem requiresfurther help.

This pharmacy operates a prescription collection service from our local surgeries. For further details ask any member of staff.

We will deliver it, if you wish.

You can choose how you want yourprescription to be dealt with. You can organise for us to collect your prescription from your surgery, or you can collect it yourself. If we collect it, then it will be readywithin 48 hours for you to pick up,depending on your surgery's repeatprescribing policy. If you bring it in yourself,depending on the time of day, the script should be ready within 15 minutes or so.

We can dispose of any of your unwanted or out of date medicines

e.g. Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, Cholesterol

With all the information about the best way to live your life constantly being updated, ourpharmacist will help you decide what the risks/benefits are for various diets, exercise regimes,alternative therapies etc.

If you are one of the many people suffering from a long-term illness like diabetes or asthma, our pharmacist can help you withcontrolling the symptoms, checking your drugs are working and that you are notsuffering from side effects. They can also tell you about non-pharmaceutical advice that can improve your quality of life.We can help monitor the various tests that your illness may require and explain what it all means in simple terms.

Do you know why you are taking all of your medicines? A Medicine Use Review is the opportunity for you to discuss your medicines and relate any concerns to your pharmacist. We can discuss issues as they arise and make recommendations to you and your GP.

For minor health conditions consider visiting your pharmacy firstYou don’t have to make an appointment. You can go along at a time that suits you.You can access advice and treatment for minor health conditions such as:•cold and flu•cystitis•diarrhoea and vomiting•conjunctivitis•thrush•worms

This pharmacy operates a prescription collection service from our local surgeries. For further details ask any member of staff.

We can provide a variety of systems to help you - some you need to pay for and some are provided by the NHS. For further details ask any member of staff.

If you are a suitable candidate for this service your GP will be able to send enough prescriptions to cover up to twelve months treatment. You will still have to come back to the pharmacy for each supply but you will avoid the need to ask the GP for a new prescription every month. You can, of course visit your GP any time you feel unwell as normal.

Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC)and Pregnancy testing.

If you are looking for help in the health or social service sector, we can provide a list of departments that should be able to help. Alsowe have lists of local and nationalorganisations who can help you

We can offer a one-to-one smoking cessation programme designed to help you stop - once and for all! We also stock a large range of products to help you quit. Call in or phone us to make an appointment as soon as you wish.

We can provide you with a comprehensive service when you are planning foreign travel, including advice on vaccination and malariaprophylaxis, skin protection products, etc