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| Electronic Minor Ailment Scheme (EMAS) |
This scheme gives pharmacists the power to provide consultations to patients and to prescribe them over the counter medication free of charge if so required. This service is available to anyone who is exempt from paying prescription charges and helps ease the pressure of doctors waiting rooms being clogged up with patients looking for treatment of minor ailments such as coughs and colds, headaches, warts, toothache, backache, indigestion etc. |
| Free prescription collection and delivery service |
| Apple Pharmacies have a fleet of delivery vans on the road, and on request can deliver repeat/ urgently needed medicines for the elderly , infirm and incapacitated. |
| Servicing of Care Homes |
We provide a full pharmaceutical service to care homes , giving advice on safe storage of medicines and offering full medication reviews, training can also be provided to care home staff on all aspects of medication given to care home residents. We can provide any monitored dosage system of choice to suit the individual requirements of the home and their residents. |
| Smoking Cessation Advice |
| Through this scheme we are able to counsel and advise customers as of the appropriate Nicotine Replacement Therapy which would be best suitable for them. This will be provided normally on a weekly basis when the patient presents to the pharmacy the pharmacist will take a carbon monoxide reading through a smokealyser showing how well or how bad the customer is doing. |
| Emergency Contraception |
| Our shops can counsel women on contraceptive advice and can sell the 'morning after pill' ( Levonelle ) if required within 72 hours of unprotected sexual intercourse. |
| Weekly Pill Box Dispensing |
| We dispense medicines in pill boxes or blister packs for people on multi drug regimens or any one finding it hard to remember to take their medication on time during the day. |
