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Expert NHS advice and health guides from our Gillingham pharmacists.

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A pharmacist in a white coat checking an empty medicine box with an older man holding his phone at a pharmacy counter in the evening, arranging an emergency supply
NHS Services8 min read

Run Out of Your Medication? How to Get an Emergency Prescription Supply in Medway

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A pharmacist in a navy tunic at a UK community pharmacy counter handing a small white medicine box to a mother and her school-age son, for threadworm treatment
Minor Ailments8 min read

Threadworms: How to Get Rid of Them With Pharmacy Treatment, and Stop Them Coming Back

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Two pharmacists showing a vitamin D supplement bottle to an older woman in a winter coat at a UK pharmacy counter on a rainy autumn day
Seasonal9 min read

Vitamin D Tablets This Winter: How Much to Take, Which to Buy, and Who Needs Them All Year

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A pharmacist beside clinical scales and a height measure explaining BMI to a patient in a UK pharmacy consultation room
Weight Management7 min read

What BMI Do You Need for Mounjaro in the UK? Private vs NHS Thresholds

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A pharmacist handing oral rehydration sachets for the winter vomiting bug to a parent across a UK pharmacy counter
Seasonal7 min read

Winter Vomiting Bug: What Your Pharmacist Can Give You, and When to Call 111

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A pharmacist at a UK community pharmacy counter listening to an older man in a winter coat holding a box of cough medicine
Seasonal7 min read

Chest Infection: Do You Need Antibiotics, and Can a Pharmacist Help?

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A prescribing pharmacist in a consultation room talking with an adult patient about the new Pharmacy First conditions
NHS Services6 min read

Pharmacy First Is Adding Five New Conditions This Autumn: What It Means in Gillingham

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Pharmacist carrying out a finger-prick cholesterol check in a community pharmacy consultation room.
NHS Services8 min read

Can a Pharmacy Do Blood Tests? What We Can Check in Medway

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Pharmacist supporting an adult with a stop smoking plan in a private consultation room.
NHS Services8 min read

Stop Smoking in Medway: Free Pharmacy Support That Works

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