Services

Are you running out of your ongoing medicines and worried about having to manage time to call your local surgery or GP? Don’t worry, we are here to help!

All you need to do is, bring your repeat prescription request to our pharmacy and we take care of the rest.

We will be happy to liaise with your GP for the repeat prescription and then prepare the medicines for you. Once done, we shall let you know when they are ready for collection. Alternatively, you can choose to have a free delivery directly at your doorstep.

Are you concerned about catching the flu? Perhaps you are worried about having time off work, or maybe you want to ensure you do not pass it on to more vulnerable members of your family. Whatever the reason, having a vaccination against seasonal flu can give you protection and peace of mind.

Stay healthy and protect your friends, family and work colleagues by getting vaccinated. Last year community pharmacies administered over 1 million flu jabs in the UK.

If you are an employer, you may take our Flu Vaccine service to protect your employees throughout Autumn/Winter. Our pharmacist will be happy to help you reduce employee absence and improve health and well-being of your staff. Both free NHS and private flu vaccinations will be available to your staff members. Those that do not qualify for the free NHS service will be expected to pay a private charge. Prices may vary so please confirm this with our pharmacist before booking this service.

We won’t keep you waiting for too long for your flu shot. Check with a member of the pharmacy team to find out if you need to book in advance.

We understand how difficult it is to conquer the craving of smoking when someone wants to quit smoking. That is why we can help you, not only with nicotine replacement therapy such as gum, patches and many more, but also with private and regular one-to-one discussion, providing encouragement and advice along the way.

The pharmacist at our Example Pharmacy can talk through a quit plan with you in confidence and help advise you on the best method for success in quitting smoking.

Take the first step by talking to a member of our pharmacy team today and start to feel better, healthier and happier.

Do you know whether your blood pressure is high, low, or just within the desired range? Often there are no symptoms of high blood pressure but if you have it then it can lead to life threatening health conditions in long-term. That is why we provide a quick, free blood pressure testing service at our pharmacy. Our staff is trained to do a quick, easy and pain-free blood pressure measurement. If your results show your blood pressure is higher or lower than the average, in that case we can provide instant advice and a guidance on the next steps you need to take.

Emergency contraceptive pill advice is free to patients at our pharmacy.

If you are worried that the contraception you used might have failed, or if you have had sex without using contraception, you may want to use emergency contraception as a precautionary measure to avoid pregnancy. It is recommended that the emergency contraception needs to be taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex. Our pharmacy has spacious consultation rooms so you can be assured that any discussion with your pharmacist remains private.

Our pharmacist will need to see the person that the emergency contraception is intended for and the pharmacist will need to ask a few questions regarding medical history in our private consultation room.

The emergency contraceptive pill can cause nausea, dizziness or fatigue, or give you a headache, tender breasts or abdominal pain. Taking this pill can cause your period to be earlier or later than expected.

If we cannot help you, then we will make sure we refer you to someone who can help.

The Medicines Use Review is a free NHS service offered by all accredited pharmacists in the UK. They can take place annually or at regular interval. It requires a confidential consultation with our pharmacist regarding the medicines you are currently taking. It will help you to understand how your medicines should be used and why they have been prescribed. During consultation session you can ask any questions you may have in regards to your medicines. The consultation will take place in our pharmacy’s private consultation room.

The consultation is to:

• Improve the effectiveness of your medicines.
• Identify if you can take fewer medicines than before.
• Help you know more about the medicines you take
• Identify any problems you may be having with your medicines

Remember you can ask our pharmacist questions at any time, but a review will give you and us both more time to concentrate on your health and your medicines.

Being overweight puts you at risk of a number of health problems and can also affect your confidence. Obesity is the second most common preventable cause of death after smoking in Britain today and is responsible for more than 9,000 premature deaths per year in England. Weight loss can help reduce the risk of a wide range of health problems and it enables you to lead a healthier lifestyle.

If you are looking for a friendly and helping hand to lose weight, we can offer healthy diet advice as well as useful guidance on exercise and other lifestyle choices you can make to help you lose weight. With regular appointments with our pharmacist to monitor your progress, you will receive encouragement and advice at every step.

Start your weight loss journey today and let our pharmacist help you achieve your weight loss goals.

Our travel clinic is run from within our pharmacy, which has served the local community over the period of many years.

We offer a variety of travel vaccinations covering travel to various continents of the world. We try and make it as pain free as possible we can - that’s our promise!

It is important to speak with our pharmacist about your requirements at least 6 weeks before you travel as some of the vaccines will need to be administrated as soon as possible.

Due to a demand in travel vaccinations, we recommend you book your appointment in advance.

Erectile dysfunction, commonly known as impotence affects about half of men aged between 40 and 70. Therefore if you are experiencing it, you are not alone. We know it can be frustrating for the both, those affected and their partners. We can provide a discreet and expert advisory service on erectile dysfunction and where required, we can supply the medication such as Viagra, Cialis and Levitra.

Our pharmacy has spacious consultation rooms so you can be assured that any discussion with your pharmacist remains private. You do not need a prescription from your GP to use this service. All you need to do is, ask our pharmacist for more information and make move in the right direction.

We supply medicines to care services such as Residential and Nursing Care Homes. helping them to achieve their health-care goals.

Patients in nursing homes usually have a number of co-morbidities and therefore take many medicines to manage the conditions appropriately. Medication administration error is more likely to occur in these settings than anywhere else. We understand how complicated and stressful this process can be for the staff in nursing homes and this is why we make this as simple and stress free as possible. At Example Pharmacy we use advanced technology to help nursing home staff manage medications more effectively, leaving chances of errors at minimal.

If you have unwanted or expired medicines, both prescription or over the counter, don’t bin them or flush them. Take your unwanted medicines to our pharmacy for safe disposal. It’s completely FREE.

Each year enormous quantities of unused and expired medications are dumped into bins or flushed into toilets and sinks. The effects on the environment and human health are unclear but evidence is pointing to the presence of chemicals from prescriptions and over-the-counter medications in soil, drinking water and the surrounding environment.

Unused prescription medicines cost NHS over £300 million every year. Remember, even if you do not open the medicines, once medicines have left the Pharmacy, they cannot be recycled or used by anyone else. Therefore, before re-ordering let your GP or Pharmacist know if you’ve stopped taking any of your medicines and the medicines you still have at home.

Remember that your medicines are prescribed only for you; it’s not safe to share them with anyone else.