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Have you had a prescription medicine discontinued because the NHS can no longer afford it? If so then we offer a private prescribing service for selected medicines. How does this work You will have a consultation with one of our pharmacists. This will ensure that the medicine that you are requesting is suitable for you. We will also ensure that our prescribing pharmacists have the relevant clinical experience to prescribe the item for you. We can prescribe medicines for: Acid reflux Hay fever Pain relief gel Erectile dysfunction Calcium and... Read More

We provide medicines for all of your family and that includes your pets. We often get asked for advice about worming tablets for dogs and cats. This is important because some infestations in pets can be passed onto the people in your family. This post tell you more about how to prevent worms in cats and dogs using Drontal products, which we stock in all of our pharmacies.   Why protect your dogs and cats? Worms can be a big problem, but they don’t need to be. Our dogs and cats... Read More

We are always looking for ways to improve the patient experience that we offer. So we are excited to offer patients using Evans Pharmacy, Breaston, trial of a phone app, which aims to improve your patient experience. The Healthera phone app  helps you to manage your repeat prescription medicines.   How does it work? The Healthera app connects you to an approved local pharmacy so that you receive your repeat prescriptions quickly and easily. GPs respond 70% faster to requests from local pharmacies than they do to those made by... Read More

Our pharmacists in Ruddington, Cotmanhay and Kirk Gate, Newark  branches have started to treat people with eye, ear, nose and throat infections. So in this post we are thinking about using antibiotics and treating infections well. This is because we all need to play our role to ensure that antibiotics carry on working effectively. This post tells you more about the Antibiotic Guardians campaign and what you can do to reduce antibiotic resistance.   What are antibiotic Guardians? Antibiotic Guardians is a UK-wide campaign. It aims to improve behaviours around... Read More

We provide medicines for all of the family and that includes your pets. At this time of year we often get asked for advice about treating fleas and ticks. This post tell you more about how to treat fleas and ticks in cats and dogs using Frontline Plus spot on. Why protect your cats and dogs? Flea infestations can transmit tapeworms  causing distress to your pet. This is because part of the tapeworm lifecycle is spent inside fleas. In addition fleas can cause secondary bacterial infections in pets due to... Read More

This post tells you about the HPV vaccines that we offer to protect teenagers against cervical cancer and genital warts. These are caused by the human papilloma virus, so one vaccine gives protection against both. What is HPV? There are more than 100 different types of HPV, and around 40 types that affect the genital area. It is very common and can be caught through any kind of sexual contact with another person who already has it. But some people infected with some  type of HPV won’t be able to clear it. Over... Read More

We have received number of enquires about the shingles vaccine in our pharmacies in this post we aim to give you general information. Call into one of our pharmacies for more information. What is shingles? Singles is a common, painful skin disease. It is a painful skin rash caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox virus in people who have had chickenpox in the past. It begins with a burning sensation in the skin, followed by a rash of very painful fluid-filled blisters that can then burst and turn into sores... Read More

A number of people have got a letter like the one shown below. The letter looks official and so you might think it has come from the NHS. It has not come from the NHS or from Evans Pharmacy. It is  inviting you to get your repeat prescriptions from a company called Pharmacy2U. Here are some important facts about Pharmacy2U that we think you should know: • Pharmacy2U is not your local community pharmacy and has nothing to do with us. • Pharmacy2U is a distance selling (internet only) pharmacy... Read More

You may have read reports about people who are struggling to get Hepatitis A vaccines in the media. We have stocks of this vaccine. There is no need to go without this. We are able to administer this vaccine in our branches. We have Hepatitis A vaccines and also vaccines which contain a mixture of Hepatitis A and B. Your pharmacist will be able to advise you on the best vaccine for you.   Who needs a Hepatitis A vaccine? We recommend this vaccine if you are travelling abroad to... Read More

We have a vacancy, so why not apply to join the team at our Ruddington pharmacy. You will be working in a  village pharmacy on the High Street. We enjoy a good proportion of regular customers from our thriving local community. We are particularly proud of our Healthy Living Pharmacy status and links with local voluntary sectors and community groups. You can find out more about our pharmacy, including the services that we offer and the pharmacists that you will be working with here. Below in are the details of... Read More