If you'd like further freedom to collect your prescription when it suits you, Wellway Pharmacy Morpeth offers a free 24-hour prescription collection service. Find out more via the '24/7 collection' tab.
Local, independent community pharmacy, open 100 hours per week for your convenience.
Central Pharmacy has been operating in the town of Ashington alongside Lintonville Medical Group Surgery for over a decade as a local, independent community pharmacy providing NHS and private health services. We are a 100 hour pharmacy open long hours for your convenience, and pride ourselves on the care we provide to the community.
Our Pharmacists
Helping you with your asthma care.
A pharmacist is another health expert you can turn to for asthma advice and support, and you usually don't need an appointment. As well as your GP or asthma nurse, your local pharmacist is another highly trained healthcare professional who can answer questions about your asthma. If you have any concerns about your asthma, you can just walk into our pharmacies, and ask to see the pharmacist.
This is useful because:
- you don't need an appointment
- our pharmacies are often open outside of GP surgery hours
- our pharmacies have private consultation rooms
- our pharmacists can explain to you how to make the most of your medicine and how to use inhalers correctly
- you can ask about free prescription collection services, peak flow checks, stop smoking and losing weight advice.
Ask the pharmacist how to get the best from your asthma medicines. You can ask your pharmacist about the asthma medicines you've been prescribed. This is useful if you have concerns about things like side effects, using your inhaler, or your inhaler not working properly. You can also ask about any over-the-counter medicines you're taking to help your asthma, such as anti-histamines for hay fever.
This service is available to all patients of our pharmacies who suffer from asthma — no appointment is needed; simply self-present at our pharmacies and one of our friendly professionals will be happy to assist you further.
The C-Card (Condom Card) scheme gives young people quick and easy access to condoms. It also offers a safe environment where it is easy to seek advice and information about sexual health topics and relationships. C-card is a free and confidential service for young people under the age of 25 — you don't even need to be sexually active. If you are thinking about having sex you can register and be ready.
Registration involves having a chat with a C-Card trained worker who will talk to you about how the scheme works, if it is appropriate for you and talk you through how to use a condom. They’ll also chat to you about safer sex, emergency contraception, drug and alcohol use, legal issues, confidentiality, and anything else you might want to discuss. You will then be given your C-Card.
Once you have your C-Card, you can use it at any distribution point across Northumberland, North Tyneside and Newcastle to pick up free condoms.
Our pharmacy teams are a group of healthcare professionals who can help deliver imperative NHS Services to you with this scheme, after referral from NHS 111. This service allows you to make use of your local and knowledgable Pharmacist who can provide advice and support to you, and issue you with emergency supplies of medicines or provide advice and relief from your minor illness witout the need to visit your doctor. This resource is free at the point of delivery for patients.
We provide lateral flow test kits
Simply visit one of our pharmacies to benefit from our teams wide ranging knowledge and advice on how to identify, cope with and treat Cystitis and similar UTIs. We can also offer medicines to help relieve symptoms. If we believe the matter to be more serious, we can also then refer you to your General Practitioner for further expert help and support.
Our friendly and caring staffing team are also always on hand to help you with any further needs, if required.
We provide the Discharge Medicines Service. The service has been established to help you understand your medicines and any changes when you leave hospital and to reduce incidences of avoidable harm caused by medicines.
We accept medication to dispose of regardless of the origin pharmacy. We accept sharps bins to dispose of from patients who have had their sharps boxes issued from our pharmacies.
We also now offer a medicines packet recycling scheme at our Morpeth and Pegswood branches. This allows us to recycle your used and empty medicines blister packs, and donate money raised from this to local charities. Find out more →
Nominating one of our pharmacy sites offers you a range of benefits as a patient, and allows you to continue to support independent and local community pharmacy. Find out more on what we can offer you and how to nominate us as your pharmacy services provider of choice.
With no appointments needed, an easily accessible location at the heart of our communities, and just a quick consultation, we ensure a hassle free service to all our patients. Simply walk in and ask to speak to our friendly and professional Pharmacist about the morning after pill.
Our Pharmacist will need to see the person that the emergency contraception is intended for, and will need to ask a few questions regarding the patients’ medical history. This is done in the privacy of our consultation room and everything discussed is in complete confidence. The sooner you come to our pharmacy to take the morning after pill, the greater the chances of avoiding pregnancy.
If the Pharmacist feels like Levonelle One Step is not suitable for you, they will not give you the morning after pill, but advise you to see your health care professional.
About Emergency Contraception (Levonelle One Step):
When it comes to sex, even if you’ve taken precautions, sometimes things don’t quite go to plan. Accidents happen with contraception and things go wrong all the time. You may even just be worried that your contraceptive pill hasn’t worked. If you’ve had unprotected sex or you’re worried about contraception failure, here is some of the information you need to know about Levonelle One Step:
- Levonelle One Step is an emergency contraceptive that can be used within 72 hours (3 days) of unprotected sex or if your contraceptive method has failed.
- There is one white tablet in the pack and it is most effective when taken within the first 12 hours
- The tablet contains a hormone called Levonorgestrel.
- Levonelle One Step is thought to work by stopping your ovaries from releasing an egg or by preventing sperm from fertilising any egg that may have already been released
- If you are over 16 you can get Levonelle One Step over the counter at our Pharmacy
- If you are under 16 you cannot buy Levonelle One Step at the Pharmacy, you need to visit your GP or a Walk-In centre
- Levonelle One Step works to prevent a pregnancy becoming established, it does not work if you are already pregnant
- You should only use Levonelle One Step in emergencies, not as a regular form of contraception
Please note, there are other emergency contraceptive options available through your doctor or at a Walk-In centre.
If you do have any questions or require any further information please do not hesitate to contact us.
Emergency access to medicine, when you need it most.
If you need one of your regular medicines in an emergency when you are unable to contact your surgery (e.g. due to opening times), we may be able to help, with proof the medication is supplied regularly to you through our records or through other means. We can issue you with a temporary supply of your medicine, to last until you are able to access a prescription through usual means.
We must stress that this can only be performed in genuine emergencies and will incur a charge. This supply is not available for scheduled Controlled Drugs. This service is provided at the pharmacists' discretion at our sites.
If you'd like a specific over-the-counter first aid kit item or otherwise to buy, then don't hesitate to contact us — we can arrange a specific order for it within one of our pharmacies, where it can then be collected from us, with reasonable pricing thanks to our access to wholesaler stock.
Healthy feet are happy feet.
We treat a vast range of foot and lower limb conditions including athletes foot, fungal toe nail infections, warts or verrucae, and many other ailments your feet may suffer. Visiting a pharmacy for treatment not only guarantees fast and efficient service with access to a wide range of treatment options, but also allows you to benefit from our highly trained team who are knowledgable in the treatment of these conditions, and how you can make the most out of your medicaments.You can contact us for further information on what treatments we have available, or simply visit one of our pharmacies to take full advantage of our staff and wide range of products.
Our friendly delivery drivers can deliver prescriptions no matter the weather, to those who are housebound, who need it the most for our pharmacy patients. Our service operates on over our entire pharmacy service areas, and even further afield. One of our drivers has even won 'Pharmacy Delivery Driver of the Year' for 2019 in the North of Tyne Local Pharmaceutical Council Awards for his excellence in prioritising the healthcare and wellbeing of our patients.
To find out more about eligibility and registration, please contact us at our individual pharmacies where we can further assist you.
Our Pharmacists can advise you on the best course of treatment and prevention for headlice, and our pharmacies stock a wide range of medicines to combat and treat the presence of headlice effectively.
Headlice and nits are very common in young children. They don’t have anything to do with dirty hair and are usually picked up from head-to-head contact. Headlice are small insects, up to 3mm long and can be difficult to spot. Head lice eggs (nits) are yellow, brown or white (empty shells) and are attached to the hair. Head lice can make your head feel itchy or like something is moving in your hair. The only way to be sure someone has head lice is by finding live lice or eggs. You can do this by combing their hair with a special fine-toothed comb.
If you have a diagnosable minor ailment and qualify for free prescriptions, you may be able to make use of our Pharmacy First scheme, which grants you free access to certain medicines which may be able to treat your condition without any need to visit a GP.
We can also give you advice on how to live a healthy life, for example; advice on how to stop smoking, or on healthy diets. We can direct you to other sources of advice and assistance if we cannot help you ourselves. Our pharmacies also run numerous public health campaigns throughout the year, with the aim of improving the health and wellbeing of our local communities and region.
This professional advice is completely free, however accompanied recommended treatments or medications can be purchased from us. To take advantage of our highly skilled pharmacy team and our wealth of advice, then you can simply visit one of our pharmacies, or contact us to arrange a time that suits you for a more formal appointment.
Travelling to a country where malaria is prevalent? Medication is essential.
Every year many hundreds of travellers from the UK catch malaria and in tens of cases it is fatal. Symptoms can start rapidly. The correct anti-malarial medication is essential. We offer a Private Malaria Prevention Service. After a confidential assessment by a trained Pharmacist, the correct anti-malarial medication is supplied and appropriate advice given to the patient.
Please contact us to arrange a time that is suitable to undergo this assessment, to ensure we have stocks of any anti-malarials required, and staff availability for this day. If you have any further questions or queries, don't hesitate to get in touch.
Malaria — just one drop can be fatal. Get the advice and support you need before you set off.
We're here to look after your health.
We stock a wide range of over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and mineral supplements. Whether a cough, cold, allergy or intimate ailment, we can offer free advice and support, in addition to countless different treatment options to benefit your health and wellbeing. Our private consultation rooms are always available for use, to discuss any concerns or private matters with peace of mind. If we can't help with your ailment or illness, then we will always ensure we can direct you to another healthcare professional body or support service which will be able to assist you further.If you are interested in a specific over-the-counter medicine which we may not always stock, then you can always get in touch — we'll let you know if we have it in stock, and if not, we can place an order for you which can then be collected and purchased from our pharmacies, usually within 24 hours.
A Medicines Use Review (MUR) is an opportunity for our Pharmacist, an expert healthcare professional, to discuss and review the medicines you are taking to ensure you are using them correctly and getting the maximum benefit, at no cost. We will explain clearly and simply what they are for, the conditions they treat, and then identify any possible side effects that you may be experiencing. We will listen to you and any problems you are having with your medicines, provide advice and support and if necessary contact your Doctor to discuss any issues that arise from our conversation.
An MUR can help:
- improve your understanding of the medicines you are taking;
- highlight problematic side effects and propose solutions where appropriate;
- improve adherence;
- reduce medicines wastage, usually by helping you only order the medicines you need.
Patients must meet certain criteria to be offered this service — such as having attended one of our pharmacies for at least three consecutive months, or having had a recent change in circumstances. Please contact us if you have any questions or queries surrounding this service, and its eligibility criteria.
Don't hesitate to get in contact with us today so we can explain more about the service, how it operates, and how to register.
Our friendly professional staff teams have received extensive training on pain and analgesia, and can offer advice and support on living with migraines, and treating them.
We stock a wide range of pharmacy-strength migraine relief medications in all of our pharmacies, to help you deal with your symptoms and suppress any pain. We will listen to your concerns, and if we feel that you require further advice or support, we can also refer you to appropriate services such as your General Practitioner.
Our Pharmacies are here for you, and can help you with a wide range of common ailments, without the need to visit a GP.
Our Pharmacists and their teams, as trained healthcare professionals, can provide free advice and support to all patients presenting with an illness or injury, offer potential treatment options, and refer you to other services if appropriate. We can also provide treatment with a prescription for some minor ailments free of charge without the need to visit a GP for those eligible, as detailed below.Our Minor Ailments Scheme, also known as the 'Think Pharmacy First Service' is a commissioned service which allows our Pharmacists to diagnose and treat some minor ailments and illnesses within our pharmacies, and provide medication free of charge to treat the illness to those eligible. The scheme is available to adults who are entitled to free prescriptions on the grounds of low income and their children along with all people aged 60 or over.
The service includes the following illnesses:
- Aches and pains
- Bites and stings
- Chicken pox
- Colds
- Cold sores
- Colic
- Conjunctivitis
- Constipation
- Cystitis in women
- Diarrhoea
- Ear wax
- Eczema or dermatitis
- Haemorrhoids
- Hay fever
- Head lice
- Mouth ulcers
- Nappy rash
- Teething
- Threadworm
- Thrush
- Verrucas
- Warts
The seasonal flu is not uncommon, but can pose health risks to the general population, especially the elderly. Therefore the NHS provide a free flu vaccination service to all those over 65, in addition to others with certain conditions.
Further details surrounding our Flu Vaccination Service and eligibility for 2021-2022 will be disseminated in August 2021. Please contact us if you have further questions or queries surrounding this service. Visit our dedicated Influenza Immunisation Program page below.
When you are prescribed a new medicine by your doctor, our pharmacists can offer free support and advice to ensure you take the new medication as prescribed without suffering any unwanted side effects, and explain any further questions you may have. We usually do this by keeping in contact with you during the first 4 weeks of your new medicine being prescribed.
The service is only available for people living in England, and only for those who have been prescribed a new medicine for the conditions listed:
- asthma
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- type 2 diabetes
- high blood pressure
- people who have been given a new blood-thinning medicine
The NMS can help:
- improve your adherence (taking your medicines correctly) which will generally lead to better health outcomes
- increase your engagement with your condition and medicines, supporting you to make decisions about your treatment and self-management
- reduce medicines wastage
- reduce hospital admissions due to adverse events from medicines.
When you have been issued a new prescription meeting the eligibility criteria above, you will be offered the service when collecting your medication, where we will explain the service to you, its benefits, and obtain your consent to provide the service to you if desired.
Free access to Nicotine Replacement Therapy, to help you quit for good.
We accept and process Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) vouchers that have been issued by your stop smoking practitioner. This allows you free access to a wide range of Nicotine Replacement Therapy products, to help combat cravings and encourage you to give up smoking for good. The best treatment option tailored to you will be discussed with your practitioner, but our pharmacists and our own advisors can help you with any questions or queries you have, and instruct you on how to use your NRT issued.
To use your vouchers, you can simply present at any of our pharmacies with your voucher, and we can issue the NRT preffered for you, and any advice to go with it.
The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats we have ever faced, killing more than 8 million people a year around the world. According to the NHS, in the UK alone, smoking kills over 80,000 people every year and a further 500,000 people are admitted into hospital as a direct result of smoking.
Smoking has been linked to countless conditions from depression, infertility and asthma, to the more serious conditions such as lung cancer, emphysema and heart disease. It’s really not surprising that this is the case when you consider how many harmful substances there are in a cigarette. They have thousands of different chemicals, some of which are carcinogenic (cancer causing), and examples of others being acetone (used as nail polish remover), lead and cadmium (a highly toxic metal.)
The truth of the matter is, we all know how bad smoking is for our health, and a majority of smokers will say that they want to quit but giving up can be hard. Especially without the right help and support. That’s where our friendly and professional staff teams can help.
There is now more support than ever before, not just in the form of information, but also products designed to reduce cravings and to fight off any withdrawal symptoms. One of the developments has been the introduction of Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT.) There are a variety of NRT products available:
- Patches
- Gum
- Inhalators
- Mouth Sprays
- Nasal Sprays
- Tablets
- Lozenges
Smoking is addictive because of the nicotine in cigarettes. That is why it is hard to quit. By starting one or even a combination of the above therapies, they will give a smoker a dose of nicotine in their blood. This reduces the nicotine withdrawal symptoms and cravings, whilst they break away from the psychological habit of smoking.
Our staff can advise you on the best way to quit, specifically tailored to you as an individual. Initially, our stop-smoking advisors within our pharmacies will be able to provide you with a free consultation, to determine what the best approach will be to help you quit smoking, for good. We may also offer additional advice and support, or suggest certain routines to further aid in your endeavours to quit.
The benefit of having this support is that we are there 7 days a week whenever you need help, or even just a friendly professional to speak with. It is a proven fact that if you receive support while trying to stop smoking your chance for success is greatly increased.
Joining the service
You can join our stop-smoking service or seek additional support in quitting smoking by simply self-presenting at one of our pharmacy sites. If you'd like further information, or would like to organise to join the service without calling in to one of our branches, don't hesitate to contact us.
Services we offer include:
- Complete and effective ordering of Medication and Appliances.
- Continuous stock of uncommon medicines, such as palliative care drugs.
- Safe Storage of Medication.
- Thorough Record Keeping for any Audit purposes.
- Highly trained and experienced staff who understand the demands of a Nursing/Care home.
- Medicines Use Review for your residents.
- We can offer advice on ways of delivering medicines to patients.
- Use of Dosette Boxes if required to aid residents' medicines management.
Don't hesitate to contact us if you as a Residential Home or Nursing Home service provider have any queries about our services offered.
We provide a palliative care service. Palliative care drugs can sometimes be required quickly and this service ensures that there is appropriate access to a range of palliative care drugs, particularly outside of normal opening hours, and when treatment is needed urgently.
Many of the drugs used in palliative care are not usually used for other conditions and are often not stocked in community pharmacies. As a palliative care service provider we hold a stock of palliative care drugs for when needed right away. The service is suitable for patients receiving palliative care and those providing their care.
We keep records of all your prescriptions dispensed by us as well as records of other services we provide to you. This helps us check for possible problems, such as reactions between medicines and will help us deal with any queries you may have. Our systems allow us to keep these records, and help inform us whilst providing you with the highest quality of care possible. Our enhanced prescription services, such as our 24-hour prescription collection service, also allow us to inform you of when your prescription is ready to collect.
We are registered with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) and comply with the Data Protection Act and the NHS code of practice on confidentiality. If you want to discuss the records we keep, then please contact us, or speak with a member of our team at one of our sites. You can read our Privacy Policy at the bottom of all of our webpages.
Our Pharmacies are here for you, and can help you with a wide range of common ailments, without the need to visit a GP.
Our Pharmacists and their teams, as trained healthcare professionals, can provide free advice and support to all patients presenting with an illness or injury, offer potential treatment options, and refer you to other services if appropriate. We can also provide treatment with a prescription for some minor ailments free of charge without the need to visit a GP for those eligible, as detailed below.Our Minor Ailments Scheme, also known as the 'Think Pharmacy First Service' is a commissioned service which allows our Pharmacists to diagnose and treat some minor ailments and illnesses within our pharmacies, and provide medication free of charge to treat the illness to those eligible. The scheme is available to adults who are entitled to free prescriptions on the grounds of low income and their children along with all people aged 60 or over.
The service includes the following illnesses:
- Aches and pains
- Bites and stings
- Chicken pox
- Colds
- Cold sores
- Colic
- Conjunctivitis
- Constipation
- Cystitis in women
- Diarrhoea
- Ear wax
- Eczema or dermatitis
- Haemorrhoids
- Hay fever
- Head lice
- Mouth ulcers
- Nappy rash
- Teething
- Threadworm
- Thrush
- Verrucas
- Warts
Having your prescriptions dispensed with us not only supports local, independent community pharmacy, but also allows you as a patient to benefit from a wide range of pharmacy services that you may be unlikely to get elsewhere. We process on average over 40,000 prescription items per month between our three sites, and if you nominate us as your pharmacy of choice, we can automatically receive your prescription online from your GP when signed, and dispense it swiftly and efficiently for you. Find out more on how to join our pharmacy community as a patient below.
Accessing our consulting room and expert medical advice from our Pharmacists or other trained professionals is completely free of charge. Just let us know if you'd like to make use of our consultation rooms when in the pharmacy, and we will be more than happy to accommodate your request.
Influenza, although not uncommon, can pose risks to your health and inconvenience to you with illness and flu-like symptoms that can persist for a number of days or weeks. We offer a reasonably priced private Flu Vaccination service within our pharmacies, performed by our pharmacists, to help protect you from the illness throughout the winter flu season.
We recommend you consider getting a flu jab If you don't qualify for an NHS vaccination but:
- are susceptible to colds and chest infections
- are self employed and unable to afford time off work
- would like to protect yourself from flu during peak season.
Details for the 2021-2022 Flu Vaccination Service will be released in August 2021. Please contact us if you have further questions or queries surrounding this service. Visit our dedicated Influenza Immunisation Program page below.
If you have been issued a private prescription for an item you're unsure we'll have in stock, don't hesitate to contact us. We can advise you of the cost of the prescription, whether we have stock available, and we can also order the items for you if we do not have them readily available.
We also run a number of different Health and Wellbeing campaigns throughout the year, to promote leading happy, healthy lives and the greater wellbeing of our communities and region. Raising public awareness of numerous health topics helps us promote the role of pharmacies in our communities, and what we can do to help you and your wellbeing. Find out more about our latest health campaigns below.
Nominate one of our sites as your chosen pharmacy services provider, and we can dispense and make ready your repeat prescriptions automatically once they've been sent online by your GP. This will allow you not only to support local, independent community pharmacy, but also benefit from the full range of pharmacy services we offer. Find out more below.
Supporting you with your health.
All of our pharmacies offer our locally commissioned (enhanced service) sharp end scheme, whereby we accept filled medicinal sharps boxes, and dispense new sharps boxes to patients. This assists our patients with their ongoing illnesses whereby they rely on the use of sharps — for example diabetes, and allows for the easy, accessible and safe management and disposal of these particularly challenging and potentially dangerous medicines.
Please get in touch with us if you have any questions surrounding this service, and whether you'd be eligible to use it.
The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats we have ever faced, killing more than 8 million people a year around the world. According to the NHS, in the UK alone, smoking kills over 80,000 people every year and a further 500,000 people are admitted into hospital as a direct result of smoking.
Smoking has been linked to countless conditions from depression, infertility and asthma, to the more serious conditions such as lung cancer, emphysema and heart disease. It’s really not surprising that this is the case when you consider how many harmful substances there are in a cigarette. They have thousands of different chemicals, some of which are carcinogenic (cancer causing), and examples of others being acetone (used as nail polish remover), lead and cadmium (a highly toxic metal.)
The truth of the matter is, we all know how bad smoking is for our health, and a majority of smokers will say that they want to quit but giving up can be hard. Especially without the right help and support. That’s where our friendly and professional staff teams can help.
There is now more support than ever before, not just in the form of information, but also products designed to reduce cravings and to fight off any withdrawal symptoms. One of the developments has been the introduction of Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT.) There are a variety of NRT products available:
- Patches
- Gum
- Inhalators
- Mouth Sprays
- Nasal Sprays
- Tablets
- Lozenges
Smoking is addictive because of the nicotine in cigarettes. That is why it is hard to quit. By starting one or even a combination of the above therapies, they will give a smoker a dose of nicotine in their blood. This reduces the nicotine withdrawal symptoms and cravings, whilst they break away from the psychological habit of smoking.
Our staff can advise you on the best way to quit, specifically tailored to you as an individual. Initially, our stop-smoking advisors within our pharmacies will be able to provide you with a free consultation, to determine what the best approach will be to help you quit smoking, for good. We may also offer additional advice and support, or suggest certain routines to further aid in your endeavours to quit.
The benefit of having this support is that we are there 7 days a week whenever you need help, or even just a friendly professional to speak with. It is a proven fact that if you receive support while trying to stop smoking your chance for success is greatly increased.
Joining the service
You can join our stop-smoking service or seek additional support in quitting smoking by simply self-presenting at one of our pharmacy sites. If you'd like further information, or would like to organise to join the service without calling in to one of our branches, don't hesitate to contact us.
We can provide a supervised consumption service, usually in the private consultation room in the pharmacy, for medicines which require this.
Helping you with your asthma care.
A pharmacist is another health expert you can turn to for asthma advice and support, and you usually don't need an appointment. As well as your GP or asthma nurse, your local pharmacist is another highly trained healthcare professional who can answer questions about your asthma. If you have any concerns about your asthma, you can just walk into our pharmacies, and ask to see the pharmacist.
This is useful because:
- you don't need an appointment
- our pharmacies are often open outside of GP surgery hours
- our pharmacies have private consultation rooms
- our pharmacists can explain to you how to make the most of your medicine and how to use inhalers correctly
- you can ask about free prescription collection services, peak flow checks, stop smoking and losing weight advice.
Ask the pharmacist how to get the best from your asthma medicines. You can ask your pharmacist about the asthma medicines you've been prescribed. This is useful if you have concerns about things like side effects, using your inhaler, or your inhaler not working properly. You can also ask about any over-the-counter medicines you're taking to help your asthma, such as anti-histamines for hay fever.
This service is available to all patients of our pharmacies who suffer from asthma — no appointment is needed; simply self-present at our pharmacies and one of our friendly professionals will be happy to assist you further.
The C-Card (Condom Card) scheme gives young people quick and easy access to condoms. It also offers a safe environment where it is easy to seek advice and information about sexual health topics and relationships. C-card is a free and confidential service for young people under the age of 25 — you don't even need to be sexually active. If you are thinking about having sex you can register and be ready.
Registration involves having a chat with a C-Card trained worker who will talk to you about how the scheme works, if it is appropriate for you and talk you through how to use a condom. They’ll also chat to you about safer sex, emergency contraception, drug and alcohol use, legal issues, confidentiality, and anything else you might want to discuss. You will then be given your C-Card.
Once you have your C-Card, you can use it at any distribution point across Northumberland, North Tyneside and Newcastle to pick up free condoms.
Our pharmacy teams are a group of healthcare professionals who can help deliver imperative NHS Services to you with this scheme, after referral from NHS 111. This service allows you to make use of your local and knowledgable Pharmacist who can provide advice and support to you, and issue you with emergency supplies of medicines or provide advice and relief from your minor illness witout the need to visit your doctor. This resource is free at the point of delivery for patients.
We provide lateral flow test kits
Simply visit one of our pharmacies to benefit from our teams wide ranging knowledge and advice on how to identify, cope with and treat Cystitis and similar UTIs. We can also offer medicines to help relieve symptoms. If we believe the matter to be more serious, we can also then refer you to your General Practitioner for further expert help and support.
Our friendly and caring staffing team are also always on hand to help you with any further needs, if required.
We provide the Discharge Medicines Service. The service has been established to help you understand your medicines and any changes when you leave hospital and to reduce incidences of avoidable harm caused by medicines.
We accept medication to dispose of regardless of the origin pharmacy. We accept sharps bins to dispose of from patients who have had their sharps boxes issued from our pharmacies.
We also now offer a medicines packet recycling scheme at our Morpeth and Pegswood branches. This allows us to recycle your used and empty medicines blister packs, and donate money raised from this to local charities. Find out more →
Nominating one of our pharmacy sites offers you a range of benefits as a patient, and allows you to continue to support independent and local community pharmacy. Find out more on what we can offer you and how to nominate us as your pharmacy services provider of choice.
With no appointments needed, an easily accessible location at the heart of our communities, and just a quick consultation, we ensure a hassle free service to all our patients. Simply walk in and ask to speak to our friendly and professional Pharmacist about the morning after pill.
Our Pharmacist will need to see the person that the emergency contraception is intended for, and will need to ask a few questions regarding the patients’ medical history. This is done in the privacy of our consultation room and everything discussed is in complete confidence. The sooner you come to our pharmacy to take the morning after pill, the greater the chances of avoiding pregnancy.
If the Pharmacist feels like Levonelle One Step is not suitable for you, they will not give you the morning after pill, but advise you to see your health care professional.
About Emergency Contraception (Levonelle One Step):
When it comes to sex, even if you’ve taken precautions, sometimes things don’t quite go to plan. Accidents happen with contraception and things go wrong all the time. You may even just be worried that your contraceptive pill hasn’t worked. If you’ve had unprotected sex or you’re worried about contraception failure, here is some of the information you need to know about Levonelle One Step:
- Levonelle One Step is an emergency contraceptive that can be used within 72 hours (3 days) of unprotected sex or if your contraceptive method has failed.
- There is one white tablet in the pack and it is most effective when taken within the first 12 hours
- The tablet contains a hormone called Levonorgestrel.
- Levonelle One Step is thought to work by stopping your ovaries from releasing an egg or by preventing sperm from fertilising any egg that may have already been released
- If you are over 16 you can get Levonelle One Step over the counter at our Pharmacy
- If you are under 16 you cannot buy Levonelle One Step at the Pharmacy, you need to visit your GP or a Walk-In centre
- Levonelle One Step works to prevent a pregnancy becoming established, it does not work if you are already pregnant
- You should only use Levonelle One Step in emergencies, not as a regular form of contraception
Please note, there are other emergency contraceptive options available through your doctor or at a Walk-In centre.
If you do have any questions or require any further information please do not hesitate to contact us.
Emergency access to medicine, when you need it most.
If you need one of your regular medicines in an emergency when you are unable to contact your surgery (e.g. due to opening times), we may be able to help, with proof the medication is supplied regularly to you through our records or through other means. We can issue you with a temporary supply of your medicine, to last until you are able to access a prescription through usual means.
We must stress that this can only be performed in genuine emergencies and will incur a charge. This supply is not available for scheduled Controlled Drugs. This service is provided at the pharmacists' discretion at our sites.
If you'd like a specific over-the-counter first aid kit item or otherwise to buy, then don't hesitate to contact us — we can arrange a specific order for it within one of our pharmacies, where it can then be collected from us, with reasonable pricing thanks to our access to wholesaler stock.
Healthy feet are happy feet.
We treat a vast range of foot and lower limb conditions including athletes foot, fungal toe nail infections, warts or verrucae, and many other ailments your feet may suffer. Visiting a pharmacy for treatment not only guarantees fast and efficient service with access to a wide range of treatment options, but also allows you to benefit from our highly trained team who are knowledgable in the treatment of these conditions, and how you can make the most out of your medicaments.You can contact us for further information on what treatments we have available, or simply visit one of our pharmacies to take full advantage of our staff and wide range of products.
Our friendly delivery drivers can deliver prescriptions no matter the weather, to those who are housebound, who need it the most for our pharmacy patients. Our service operates on over our entire pharmacy service areas, and even further afield. One of our drivers has even won 'Pharmacy Delivery Driver of the Year' for 2019 in the North of Tyne Local Pharmaceutical Council Awards for his excellence in prioritising the healthcare and wellbeing of our patients.
To find out more about eligibility and registration, please contact us at our individual pharmacies where we can further assist you.
Our Pharmacists can advise you on the best course of treatment and prevention for headlice, and our pharmacies stock a wide range of medicines to combat and treat the presence of headlice effectively.
Headlice and nits are very common in young children. They don’t have anything to do with dirty hair and are usually picked up from head-to-head contact. Headlice are small insects, up to 3mm long and can be difficult to spot. Head lice eggs (nits) are yellow, brown or white (empty shells) and are attached to the hair. Head lice can make your head feel itchy or like something is moving in your hair. The only way to be sure someone has head lice is by finding live lice or eggs. You can do this by combing their hair with a special fine-toothed comb.
If you have a diagnosable minor ailment and qualify for free prescriptions, you may be able to make use of our Pharmacy First scheme, which grants you free access to certain medicines which may be able to treat your condition without any need to visit a GP.
We can also give you advice on how to live a healthy life, for example; advice on how to stop smoking, or on healthy diets. We can direct you to other sources of advice and assistance if we cannot help you ourselves. Our pharmacies also run numerous public health campaigns throughout the year, with the aim of improving the health and wellbeing of our local communities and region.
This professional advice is completely free, however accompanied recommended treatments or medications can be purchased from us. To take advantage of our highly skilled pharmacy team and our wealth of advice, then you can simply visit one of our pharmacies, or contact us to arrange a time that suits you for a more formal appointment.
Travelling to a country where malaria is prevalent? Medication is essential.
Every year many hundreds of travellers from the UK catch malaria and in tens of cases it is fatal. Symptoms can start rapidly. The correct anti-malarial medication is essential. We offer a Private Malaria Prevention Service. After a confidential assessment by a trained Pharmacist, the correct anti-malarial medication is supplied and appropriate advice given to the patient.
Please contact us to arrange a time that is suitable to undergo this assessment, to ensure we have stocks of any anti-malarials required, and staff availability for this day. If you have any further questions or queries, don't hesitate to get in touch.
Malaria — just one drop can be fatal. Get the advice and support you need before you set off.
We're here to look after your health.
We stock a wide range of over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and mineral supplements. Whether a cough, cold, allergy or intimate ailment, we can offer free advice and support, in addition to countless different treatment options to benefit your health and wellbeing. Our private consultation rooms are always available for use, to discuss any concerns or private matters with peace of mind. If we can't help with your ailment or illness, then we will always ensure we can direct you to another healthcare professional body or support service which will be able to assist you further.If you are interested in a specific over-the-counter medicine which we may not always stock, then you can always get in touch — we'll let you know if we have it in stock, and if not, we can place an order for you which can then be collected and purchased from our pharmacies, usually within 24 hours.
A Medicines Use Review (MUR) is an opportunity for our Pharmacist, an expert healthcare professional, to discuss and review the medicines you are taking to ensure you are using them correctly and getting the maximum benefit, at no cost. We will explain clearly and simply what they are for, the conditions they treat, and then identify any possible side effects that you may be experiencing. We will listen to you and any problems you are having with your medicines, provide advice and support and if necessary contact your Doctor to discuss any issues that arise from our conversation.
An MUR can help:
- improve your understanding of the medicines you are taking;
- highlight problematic side effects and propose solutions where appropriate;
- improve adherence;
- reduce medicines wastage, usually by helping you only order the medicines you need.
Patients must meet certain criteria to be offered this service — such as having attended one of our pharmacies for at least three consecutive months, or having had a recent change in circumstances. Please contact us if you have any questions or queries surrounding this service, and its eligibility criteria.
Don't hesitate to get in contact with us today so we can explain more about the service, how it operates, and how to register.
Our friendly professional staff teams have received extensive training on pain and analgesia, and can offer advice and support on living with migraines, and treating them.
We stock a wide range of pharmacy-strength migraine relief medications in all of our pharmacies, to help you deal with your symptoms and suppress any pain. We will listen to your concerns, and if we feel that you require further advice or support, we can also refer you to appropriate services such as your General Practitioner.
Our Pharmacies are here for you, and can help you with a wide range of common ailments, without the need to visit a GP.
Our Pharmacists and their teams, as trained healthcare professionals, can provide free advice and support to all patients presenting with an illness or injury, offer potential treatment options, and refer you to other services if appropriate. We can also provide treatment with a prescription for some minor ailments free of charge without the need to visit a GP for those eligible, as detailed below.Our Minor Ailments Scheme, also known as the 'Think Pharmacy First Service' is a commissioned service which allows our Pharmacists to diagnose and treat some minor ailments and illnesses within our pharmacies, and provide medication free of charge to treat the illness to those eligible. The scheme is available to adults who are entitled to free prescriptions on the grounds of low income and their children along with all people aged 60 or over.
The service includes the following illnesses:
- Aches and pains
- Bites and stings
- Chicken pox
- Colds
- Cold sores
- Colic
- Conjunctivitis
- Constipation
- Cystitis in women
- Diarrhoea
- Ear wax
- Eczema or dermatitis
- Haemorrhoids
- Hay fever
- Head lice
- Mouth ulcers
- Nappy rash
- Teething
- Threadworm
- Thrush
- Verrucas
- Warts
The seasonal flu is not uncommon, but can pose health risks to the general population, especially the elderly. Therefore the NHS provide a free flu vaccination service to all those over 65, in addition to others with certain conditions.
Further details surrounding our Flu Vaccination Service and eligibility for 2021-2022 will be disseminated in August 2021. Please contact us if you have further questions or queries surrounding this service. Visit our dedicated Influenza Immunisation Program page below.
When you are prescribed a new medicine by your doctor, our pharmacists can offer free support and advice to ensure you take the new medication as prescribed without suffering any unwanted side effects, and explain any further questions you may have. We usually do this by keeping in contact with you during the first 4 weeks of your new medicine being prescribed.
The service is only available for people living in England, and only for those who have been prescribed a new medicine for the conditions listed:
- asthma
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- type 2 diabetes
- high blood pressure
- people who have been given a new blood-thinning medicine
The NMS can help:
- improve your adherence (taking your medicines correctly) which will generally lead to better health outcomes
- increase your engagement with your condition and medicines, supporting you to make decisions about your treatment and self-management
- reduce medicines wastage
- reduce hospital admissions due to adverse events from medicines.
When you have been issued a new prescription meeting the eligibility criteria above, you will be offered the service when collecting your medication, where we will explain the service to you, its benefits, and obtain your consent to provide the service to you if desired.
Free access to Nicotine Replacement Therapy, to help you quit for good.
We accept and process Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) vouchers that have been issued by your stop smoking practitioner. This allows you free access to a wide range of Nicotine Replacement Therapy products, to help combat cravings and encourage you to give up smoking for good. The best treatment option tailored to you will be discussed with your practitioner, but our pharmacists and our own advisors can help you with any questions or queries you have, and instruct you on how to use your NRT issued.
To use your vouchers, you can simply present at any of our pharmacies with your voucher, and we can issue the NRT preffered for you, and any advice to go with it.
The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats we have ever faced, killing more than 8 million people a year around the world. According to the NHS, in the UK alone, smoking kills over 80,000 people every year and a further 500,000 people are admitted into hospital as a direct result of smoking.
Smoking has been linked to countless conditions from depression, infertility and asthma, to the more serious conditions such as lung cancer, emphysema and heart disease. It’s really not surprising that this is the case when you consider how many harmful substances there are in a cigarette. They have thousands of different chemicals, some of which are carcinogenic (cancer causing), and examples of others being acetone (used as nail polish remover), lead and cadmium (a highly toxic metal.)
The truth of the matter is, we all know how bad smoking is for our health, and a majority of smokers will say that they want to quit but giving up can be hard. Especially without the right help and support. That’s where our friendly and professional staff teams can help.
There is now more support than ever before, not just in the form of information, but also products designed to reduce cravings and to fight off any withdrawal symptoms. One of the developments has been the introduction of Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT.) There are a variety of NRT products available:
- Patches
- Gum
- Inhalators
- Mouth Sprays
- Nasal Sprays
- Tablets
- Lozenges
Smoking is addictive because of the nicotine in cigarettes. That is why it is hard to quit. By starting one or even a combination of the above therapies, they will give a smoker a dose of nicotine in their blood. This reduces the nicotine withdrawal symptoms and cravings, whilst they break away from the psychological habit of smoking.
Our staff can advise you on the best way to quit, specifically tailored to you as an individual. Initially, our stop-smoking advisors within our pharmacies will be able to provide you with a free consultation, to determine what the best approach will be to help you quit smoking, for good. We may also offer additional advice and support, or suggest certain routines to further aid in your endeavours to quit.
The benefit of having this support is that we are there 7 days a week whenever you need help, or even just a friendly professional to speak with. It is a proven fact that if you receive support while trying to stop smoking your chance for success is greatly increased.
Joining the service
You can join our stop-smoking service or seek additional support in quitting smoking by simply self-presenting at one of our pharmacy sites. If you'd like further information, or would like to organise to join the service without calling in to one of our branches, don't hesitate to contact us.
Services we offer include:
- Complete and effective ordering of Medication and Appliances.
- Continuous stock of uncommon medicines, such as palliative care drugs.
- Safe Storage of Medication.
- Thorough Record Keeping for any Audit purposes.
- Highly trained and experienced staff who understand the demands of a Nursing/Care home.
- Medicines Use Review for your residents.
- We can offer advice on ways of delivering medicines to patients.
- Use of Dosette Boxes if required to aid residents' medicines management.
Don't hesitate to contact us if you as a Residential Home or Nursing Home service provider have any queries about our services offered.
We provide a palliative care service. Palliative care drugs can sometimes be required quickly and this service ensures that there is appropriate access to a range of palliative care drugs, particularly outside of normal opening hours, and when treatment is needed urgently.
Many of the drugs used in palliative care are not usually used for other conditions and are often not stocked in community pharmacies. As a palliative care service provider we hold a stock of palliative care drugs for when needed right away. The service is suitable for patients receiving palliative care and those providing their care.
We keep records of all your prescriptions dispensed by us as well as records of other services we provide to you. This helps us check for possible problems, such as reactions between medicines and will help us deal with any queries you may have. Our systems allow us to keep these records, and help inform us whilst providing you with the highest quality of care possible. Our enhanced prescription services, such as our 24-hour prescription collection service, also allow us to inform you of when your prescription is ready to collect.
We are registered with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) and comply with the Data Protection Act and the NHS code of practice on confidentiality. If you want to discuss the records we keep, then please contact us, or speak with a member of our team at one of our sites. You can read our Privacy Policy at the bottom of all of our webpages.
Our Pharmacies are here for you, and can help you with a wide range of common ailments, without the need to visit a GP.
Our Pharmacists and their teams, as trained healthcare professionals, can provide free advice and support to all patients presenting with an illness or injury, offer potential treatment options, and refer you to other services if appropriate. We can also provide treatment with a prescription for some minor ailments free of charge without the need to visit a GP for those eligible, as detailed below.Our Minor Ailments Scheme, also known as the 'Think Pharmacy First Service' is a commissioned service which allows our Pharmacists to diagnose and treat some minor ailments and illnesses within our pharmacies, and provide medication free of charge to treat the illness to those eligible. The scheme is available to adults who are entitled to free prescriptions on the grounds of low income and their children along with all people aged 60 or over.
The service includes the following illnesses:
- Aches and pains
- Bites and stings
- Chicken pox
- Colds
- Cold sores
- Colic
- Conjunctivitis
- Constipation
- Cystitis in women
- Diarrhoea
- Ear wax
- Eczema or dermatitis
- Haemorrhoids
- Hay fever
- Head lice
- Mouth ulcers
- Nappy rash
- Teething
- Threadworm
- Thrush
- Verrucas
- Warts
Having your prescriptions dispensed with us not only supports local, independent community pharmacy, but also allows you as a patient to benefit from a wide range of pharmacy services that you may be unlikely to get elsewhere. We process on average over 40,000 prescription items per month between our three sites, and if you nominate us as your pharmacy of choice, we can automatically receive your prescription online from your GP when signed, and dispense it swiftly and efficiently for you. Find out more on how to join our pharmacy community as a patient below.
Accessing our consulting room and expert medical advice from our Pharmacists or other trained professionals is completely free of charge. Just let us know if you'd like to make use of our consultation rooms when in the pharmacy, and we will be more than happy to accommodate your request.
Influenza, although not uncommon, can pose risks to your health and inconvenience to you with illness and flu-like symptoms that can persist for a number of days or weeks. We offer a reasonably priced private Flu Vaccination service within our pharmacies, performed by our pharmacists, to help protect you from the illness throughout the winter flu season.
We recommend you consider getting a flu jab If you don't qualify for an NHS vaccination but:
- are susceptible to colds and chest infections
- are self employed and unable to afford time off work
- would like to protect yourself from flu during peak season.
Details for the 2021-2022 Flu Vaccination Service will be released in August 2021. Please contact us if you have further questions or queries surrounding this service. Visit our dedicated Influenza Immunisation Program page below.
If you have been issued a private prescription for an item you're unsure we'll have in stock, don't hesitate to contact us. We can advise you of the cost of the prescription, whether we have stock available, and we can also order the items for you if we do not have them readily available.
We also run a number of different Health and Wellbeing campaigns throughout the year, to promote leading happy, healthy lives and the greater wellbeing of our communities and region. Raising public awareness of numerous health topics helps us promote the role of pharmacies in our communities, and what we can do to help you and your wellbeing. Find out more about our latest health campaigns below.
Nominate one of our sites as your chosen pharmacy services provider, and we can dispense and make ready your repeat prescriptions automatically once they've been sent online by your GP. This will allow you not only to support local, independent community pharmacy, but also benefit from the full range of pharmacy services we offer. Find out more below.
Supporting you with your health.
All of our pharmacies offer our locally commissioned (enhanced service) sharp end scheme, whereby we accept filled medicinal sharps boxes, and dispense new sharps boxes to patients. This assists our patients with their ongoing illnesses whereby they rely on the use of sharps — for example diabetes, and allows for the easy, accessible and safe management and disposal of these particularly challenging and potentially dangerous medicines.
Please get in touch with us if you have any questions surrounding this service, and whether you'd be eligible to use it.
The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats we have ever faced, killing more than 8 million people a year around the world. According to the NHS, in the UK alone, smoking kills over 80,000 people every year and a further 500,000 people are admitted into hospital as a direct result of smoking.
Smoking has been linked to countless conditions from depression, infertility and asthma, to the more serious conditions such as lung cancer, emphysema and heart disease. It’s really not surprising that this is the case when you consider how many harmful substances there are in a cigarette. They have thousands of different chemicals, some of which are carcinogenic (cancer causing), and examples of others being acetone (used as nail polish remover), lead and cadmium (a highly toxic metal.)
The truth of the matter is, we all know how bad smoking is for our health, and a majority of smokers will say that they want to quit but giving up can be hard. Especially without the right help and support. That’s where our friendly and professional staff teams can help.
There is now more support than ever before, not just in the form of information, but also products designed to reduce cravings and to fight off any withdrawal symptoms. One of the developments has been the introduction of Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT.) There are a variety of NRT products available:
- Patches
- Gum
- Inhalators
- Mouth Sprays
- Nasal Sprays
- Tablets
- Lozenges
Smoking is addictive because of the nicotine in cigarettes. That is why it is hard to quit. By starting one or even a combination of the above therapies, they will give a smoker a dose of nicotine in their blood. This reduces the nicotine withdrawal symptoms and cravings, whilst they break away from the psychological habit of smoking.
Our staff can advise you on the best way to quit, specifically tailored to you as an individual. Initially, our stop-smoking advisors within our pharmacies will be able to provide you with a free consultation, to determine what the best approach will be to help you quit smoking, for good. We may also offer additional advice and support, or suggest certain routines to further aid in your endeavours to quit.
The benefit of having this support is that we are there 7 days a week whenever you need help, or even just a friendly professional to speak with. It is a proven fact that if you receive support while trying to stop smoking your chance for success is greatly increased.
Joining the service
You can join our stop-smoking service or seek additional support in quitting smoking by simply self-presenting at one of our pharmacy sites. If you'd like further information, or would like to organise to join the service without calling in to one of our branches, don't hesitate to contact us.
We can provide a supervised consumption service, usually in the private consultation room in the pharmacy, for medicines which require this.
Morpeth
Northumberland
NE61 1BJ