Check your blood pressure
The only way of knowing whether you have high blood pressure is to have a blood pressure test.
All adults over 40 are advised to have their blood pressure checked at least every 5 years. Getting this done is easy and could save your life.
You can get your blood pressure tested at a number of places, including:
You can also check your blood pressure yourself with a home blood pressure monitor.
An NHS service provided free of charge, after a consultation with the Pharmacist. Sexual health advice is also available.
An NHS funded services. MURs are carried out by the pharmacist to help you understand your medicines and take around 20-30 minutes. A DMR is provided by a pharmacist following your discharge from hospital. A review is carried out to ensure that your GP is made aware of any changes made by the hospital. The Pharmacist will work with your GP to ensure that your next prescription is safe and accurate.
An NHS funded service provided by the pharmacist, by appointment only. During the consultation you may be asked to provide proof of ID and the Pharmacist may offer advice, provide medicines or make a referral to your GP.
Antibiotic tonsillitis treatment without a prescription or seeing your GP
An NHS funded service working together with Stop Smoking Wales. We are able to help you quit with regular support and guidance. We are able to offer you nicotine replacement therapy or Champix in order for you to give up smoking. Please enquire within the pharmacy for more details.
Check your blood pressure
The only way of knowing whether you have high blood pressure is to have a blood pressure test.
All adults over 40 are advised to have their blood pressure checked at least every 5 years. Getting this done is easy and could save your life.
You can get your blood pressure tested at a number of places, including:
You can also check your blood pressure yourself with a home blood pressure monitor.
An NHS service provided free of charge, after a consultation with the Pharmacist. Sexual health advice is also available.
An NHS funded services. MURs are carried out by the pharmacist to help you understand your medicines and take around 20-30 minutes. A DMR is provided by a pharmacist following your discharge from hospital. A review is carried out to ensure that your GP is made aware of any changes made by the hospital. The Pharmacist will work with your GP to ensure that your next prescription is safe and accurate.
An NHS funded service provided by the pharmacist, by appointment only. During the consultation you may be asked to provide proof of ID and the Pharmacist may offer advice, provide medicines or make a referral to your GP.
Antibiotic tonsillitis treatment without a prescription or seeing your GP
An NHS funded service working together with Stop Smoking Wales. We are able to help you quit with regular support and guidance. We are able to offer you nicotine replacement therapy or Champix in order for you to give up smoking. Please enquire within the pharmacy for more details.
We would like to like to reassure all our customers, if your GP surgery has changed it will not affect your repeat prescriptions from us.
We still collect from surgeries in Cwmbran.
Please note. if you have a new surgery you will need to fill out a consent form.
Shil Pharmacy