Our Services
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Pharmacy First
The objectives of the Pharmacy First advanced service are:
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• To offer patients who contact either,
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o NHS 111 (by telephone or on-line), or o 999 service, or
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o their own GP practice, or o a primary care out-of-hours service, or
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o an UEC setting (e.g.an ED, UTC, UCC),
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Pharmacy Contraception Service
We provide the new NHS service which allows you to get repeats of your oral contraceptives from the Pharmacy.
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Hypertension Service
The NHS Community Pharmacy Blood Pressure Check Service supports risk identification and prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD).
This service will:
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identify people over the age of 40 who have previously not been diagnosed with hypertension (high blood pressure), and to refer those with suspected hypertension for appropriate management.
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promote healthy behaviours to service users.
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undertake ad hoc clinic and ambulatory blood pressure measurements at the request of general practice.