The York Medical Practice

St. John's Health Centre, Oak Lane, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 3PA

Telephone: 020 8744 0220

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Minor Illness

Think Pharmacy First

Advice and treatment

Pharmacists can give you advice on a range of conditions and suggest medicines that can help.

They may also be able to offer treatment and some prescription medicine for some conditions, without you needing to see a GP (this is called Pharmacy First). Conditions they can treat as part of Pharmacy First are:

· earache (aged 1 to 17 years)

· impetigo (aged 1 year and over)- a contagious skin infection

· infected insect bites (aged 1 year and over)

· shingles (aged 18 years and over)- infection that causes a painful rash

· sinusitis (aged 12 years and over)- infection of the sinuses (behind the forehead, cheeks and nose)

· sore throat (aged 5 years and over)

· urinary tract infections or UTIs (women aged 16 to 64 years)

 

The pharmacist will offer you advice, treatment or refer you to a GP or another healthcare professional if needed.

Pharmacies will update your GP health record.

If you are not within these age ranges, a pharmacist can still offer advice, but you may need to see a GP for treatment.

Find a Pharmacy: https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/pharmacy/find-a-pharmacy

 

Emergency Prescriptions

If the practice is closed and you’ve completely run out of your usual repeat medication you can use this service to request a limited emergency supply.

Emergency prescriptions – NHS 111

Getting the contraceptive pill without a prescription

Getting the contraceptive pill without a prescription
You may be able to get the contraceptive pill from a pharmacy if you need to:
• start the contraceptive pill for the first time
• take the contraceptive pill again after a break from using it

If you already have a prescription for the contraceptive pill, you can use the
prescription as usual. Or you can get the pill from a pharmacy without a prescription
if you prefer.
Find a pharmacy that offers the contraceptive pill without a prescription
Get a free blood pressure check
You can get a free blood pressure checked at a pharmacy without seeing a GP, if you:
• are aged 40 or over
• live in England

Find a pharmacy that offers the contraceptive pill without a prescription – NHS

Get a free blood pressure check

You cannot get a free blood pressure check if you:
• already have high blood pressure
• have had your blood pressure checked by a healthcare professional in the
past 6 months
Some pharmacies offer a free blood pressure check. Click here to find a pharmacy
that offers free blood pressure checks

Find a pharmacy that offers free blood pressure checks – NHS

St John's

  • Monday
    08:00am to 06:00pm
  • Tuesday
    08:00am to 08:00pm
  • Wednesday
    08:00am to 06:00pm
  • Thursday
    08:00am to 06:00pm
  • Friday
    08:00am to 06:00pm
  • Saturday
    CLOSED
  • Sunday
    CLOSED
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