NHS Services
Pharmacy First
Everyday Health Conditions
Pharmacy First enables Strandburn Pharmacy patients to have a consultation in a private area and to receive advice and treatment for sore throats, colds and flu like illness.
Our pharmacy team are trained and have the experise to provide advice and treatment for a range of common winter ailments such as the common cold flu and sore throats.
Urinary Tract Infections Service (UTI)
Our UTI Service is available under the Pharmacy First programme. If you’re a woman aged between 16 and 64 and you experience symptoms of a urinary tract infection, you can access a private consultation with one of our pharmacists without needing to wait for a GP appointment.
During your consultation, we’ll discuss your symptoms, for example, a burning sensation when urinating, the need to urinate urgently or more often than usual, and assess whether you can be treated immediately, or if we need to refer you onwards.
Many UTIs resolve on their own or with simple measures, but where treatment is required we can provide it. The consultation is free of charge and involves advice on self-care and, if necessary, an antibiotic supplied by the pharmacist.
If your symptoms worsen or don’t improve within a few days, we’ll refer you for further medical help.
Sore Throat Service
Strandburn Pharmacy now offers the Pharmacy First sore throat service for anyone aged 5 years and above. If you have a sore throat, you can walk in for a private consultation — no appointment necessary.
During the consultation the pharmacist will ask how you’re feeling, examine your symptoms, and may perform a throat swab if needed to determine whether your sore throat is viral or bacterial. In most cases, sore throats are caused by viral infections and will resolve in about a week without antibiotics.
We’ll provide advice on self-care, such as pain and fever relief, and if appropriate we’ll supply treatments that are free of charge under the service. If your symptoms are more serious, haven’t improved or have worsened, we’ll refer you to your GP.
Pharmacy First is a free service and no appointment is necessary. Please contact the pharmacy and ask to speak to a pharmacist.
Medicine Management
Strandburn Pharmacy provides a free private and personal review to help our customers manage and understand their medication better.
Our Medicine Management service is especially helpful for people who take multiple medicines regularly or who are managing several medical conditions.
A Medicine Management Review is a relaxed, friendly discussion with one of our pharmacists in a private consultation room. During the review, we will talk about:
The medicines you are taking
What they do and how well they work for you
The best way to take them
The most suitable time of day to take them
Any problems you may be experiencing with your medicines
How to improve the use of inhalers or other devices where relevant
Medicines can interact with food, supplements, or other medicines, and some must be taken at specific times or in specific ways. For example:
Some medicines must be taken before food so they can enter your system quickly
Some should not be taken with certain foods, herbal remedies or other medicines
Others must be taken with or after food to avoid stomach irritation
Certain medicines should not be crushed because they are designed to release slowly
After a review, we may identify medicines that are no longer required, or recommend adjustments to how or when they are taken to help you get the best results.
If you feel you could benefit from reviewing your medication, speak to our pharmacist or contact us online or by phone to arrange a free Medicine Management Review.
Disposal & Recycling
Strandburn Pharmacy can safely dispose of out date medication and recycle the packaging where appropriate to do so.
If you have just opened your medicine cupboard or drawer and wonder how you have managed to accumulate all those unused and out of date medicines, or perhaps you are clearing the contents of a loved one’s home and don’t know what to do with medication that is no longer needed, then you are not alone and help is at hand.
Disposing of drugs in general waste can be dangerous. We offer a free service which gives you the complete reassurance that disposal of your unused medication will not cause harm when left in our professional hands.
Ostomy
Strandburn Pharmacy has helped many customers find the best ostomy products to match their particular needs.
Having a urostomy or colostomy bag fitted is without doubt a life changing experience but we know from the many customers who we have helped that once a personal solution has been established, life goes on pretty much as normal.
If we can assist you in any way please speak to the pharmacist or contact us to make an appointment. Urostomy and Colostomy care, in partnership with the other Healthcare Professionals involved in our customers treatment, forms a very specialised part of our healthcare services.
Smoking Cessation
Here at Strandburn Pharmacy we care about your long term health and if you are a smoker who wants to quit, but think that you need help to kick the habit, our stop smoking service might just be what you are looking for.
Our pharmacy team is is specially trained to provide free expert help and advice to support you while you initially break the smoking habit and then to stay off cigarettes for good. To help you break your nicotine addiction we may recommend Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT). This comes in many different forms including patches and gum and it is important that the right option is chosen to suit your individual needs.
Evidence has shown that if you take part in a stop smoking service that combines advice and support with NRT you are 4 times more likely to quit compared to using willpower alone. This is how the 12 week Stop Smoking programme works:
Initial Consultation
The first consultation with our pharmacist or specially trained advisor takes around 15 minutes. During this time we will agree a quit date and work out the best way for you to quit and learn about the programme.
Week 1
Before or on your agreed date you will visit the pharmacy, have a 5 minute consultation and if recommended, pick up your first week’s supply of NRT.
Weeks 2 to 12
After that you can return to the pharmacy every week for up to 12 weeks to pick up your supply of NRT.
