Pharmacy Services
At Central Pharmacy, we offer a broad range of pharmacy services, from the dispensing of NHS and private prescriptions to a free and personal medicine check-in our private consultation area. Our team of fully qualified and registered healthcare professionals have considerable expertise and experience in providing support for patients and helping them with their medicines.
Independent Prescribing Services
The pharmacy operates an independent prescribing service for sore throat, ear infections and urinary tract infections. Please contact the pharmacy for details.
Prescription Collection and Delivery Service
If you are housebound or have limited mobility we can order your prescriptions, collect prescriptions from your surgery and deliver your prescriptions to you at home.
Flu Vaccinations
We offer a convenient and accessible seasonal flu vaccination service for patients and other members of their family that qualify for an NHS vaccination.
Non NHS Flu Vaccinations
We also offer a private Flu Vaccination service for other family members who do not qualify for NHS Flu vaccines.
Common Ailments Service
We are able to provide treatment for a wide range of common ailments such as hay fever, diarrhoea, conjunctivitis etc at no cost to yourself.
Discharge Medicines Review (DMR) Service
Our pharmacy team will act as your advocate to ensure that your medicine is as it should be following discharge from hospital and check that you understand any new medicines you have been prescribed.
Unwanted / Unused Medicines
We accept any unwanted or unused medicines for safe and legal disposal.
Emergency Contraception
Following a confidential consultation with our pharmacist we are able to supply emergency hormonal contraception (the morning after pill) if appropriate, at no cost to you.
Contraception
In addition we are able to start you on your first course of the contraceptive pill if this is appropriate.
Emergency Supplies
If you need one of your regular medicines in an emergency and the surgery is closed we are able to provide you with an emergency supply.
Health & Wellbeing
Health Advice and Self-Care
The pharmacist and our trained assistants are available for advice on all medicines and minor ailments, in private if required. We can also give you advice on how to live a healthier life.
Stopping Smoking
Our pharmacy team can provide advice and counselling to help you quit smoking. Where necessary, our pharmacists can identify and supply the most suitable nicotine replacement therapy.
Weight Management
We offer support to customers to help them achieve a healthier body weight including guidance on diet, exercise and motivation to help you in achieving safe and effective weight loss.
Erectile Dysfunction
This convenient and confidential service provides prescription-strength treatment for men with erectile dysfunction.
Travel
Travel Clinic
We are able to provide customers with a comprehensive range of malaria prevention medication and travel vaccinations to meet country requirements and to protect your health when abroad. Find out more about our Travel Vaccination Service
In addition we can provide advice and appropriate medication for your other travel requirements such as motion sickness, insect bites and suncare.