Our pharmacist can also offer blood pressure testing. The service is offered by appointment basis. Please ask a member of the pharmacy team for more information.

Our pharmacy team is available to dispense both NHS & private prescriptions.The pharmacist will also give you advice and how to take your prescribed medication as well as information on possible side effects and medicines you should avoid.

Keeping unwanted medication or trying to dispose of it yourself, can be dangerous. Please return all unwanted medication to the pharmacy for safe disposal.

As well as having our pharmacy team available to give you advice on healthcare, there is a range of leaflets and books in-store providing advice & self help information on a variety of health related topics.

The pharmacy currently offers a weight loss program previously only available with medical supervision. The lipotrim weight reduction programme can now be supervised by our pharmacist.

Our pharmacist can offer a medicines use review.The review is to discuss the drugs you have been prescribed and to highlight any difficulties you may have taking your medicines and to answer any questions you may have.

If you are prescribed a medicine to treat a long-term condition for the first time, you may be able to get extra help and advice from your pharmacist through a new free scheme called the new medicine service (NMS). People often have a problem when they start a new medicine. In this scheme the pharmacist will support you over several weeks to use the medicine safely and to best effect. This service is only available to people using certain medicines.

If you, or someone you care for, use the same medicines regularly, you may benefit from repeat dispensing from the pharmacist.This means you won’t have to visit the surgery or make an appointment to see the doctor or practice nurse every time you need more medicine.

If you have regular repeat prescriptions, we can collect your prescriptions from selected local surgeries (Threeways and Southmead). This service is free of charge.Please ask for further information.

In addition to offering help and advice on stopping smoking, our pharmacist can advise on a wide range of nicotine replacement products which may also help, including nicotine patches and gum.

There is a ramp outside the Post Office that allows access to the shops.The pharmacy has a widened door to allow wheelchairs to enter the premises.We can provide help for people with a disability who require assistance with managing or taking their medicines.We will assess your needs, and may be able to supply your medicines in special containers marked with daily doses or help in other ways such as supplying reminder charts.Please ask the pharmacist for more information.