Merewether Pharmacy

31/12/2025

💊 From today, 1 January 2026, Australians pay no more than 💲2️⃣5️⃣ for PBS-subsidised medicines — a change that will make a real difference for patients across the country.

🎯 This milestone was achieved through the
Affordable Medicines Now campaign,
and the incredible advocacy of 20+ health and patient voices alongside The Pharmacy Guild of Australia.

✅ 20M Australians benefit
✅ 400K prescriptions/week ⬇️ from $31.60 ➡️ $25
✅ $784.6M back into patients’ pockets over 4 years

30/12/2025

🎉 Happy New Year! May you all have a happy and healthy 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣!

🕰️ We finish at 4pm today (New Year’s Eve) and we are closed on Thursday for New Year’s Day, but we’d love to help you with all your health resolutionsMerewether Pharmacymacy when we reopen on Friday 2 January.

#2026

23/12/2025

🎅 We managed to get Santa Claus to do our deliveries today❗️

👀 Look out for him around Merewether this afternoon ❗️



🎄🎅⛱👼❄️⛄️🎄

23/12/2025

🎄Happy Christmas to you and yours from all at Merewether Pharmacy! We hope you all have a peaceful Christmas, and a Healthy & Happy New Year!
Hopefully we can help you with any health resolutions that you make for 2026!!

🕰️We are closed from 4pm Wednesday (Christmas Eve) and open again on Saturday 27 December

🚨Until then please contact
📍GP Access After Hours - 02 4926 0500
📍 Medicare Urgent Care Clinic at Charlestown - 02 4915 1245
📍 HEAL urgent care - 1300 090 009
📍 Health Direct - 1800 022 222
📍 Telehealth services online 24/7

22/12/2025

🙏🎉 Welcome and Congratulations to our new Pharmacist Intern, Jasmine❗️

🎓Jasmine graduated last Thursday, from The University of Newcastle, Australia, with a Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)❗️

💊 She will be completing her intern training year with us in Merewether Pharmacy. Come in soon and welcome Jasmine to Merewether ❗️

14/12/2025

🚨 Have you ever given blood ❓

Now would be a very good time to start 🩸

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood require
🅾️ type donors to donate NOW 🅾️

Our thoughts are with the injured, their families and those who have lost loved ones because of this tragedy.
On Sunday evening Lifeblood issued several life-threatening orders for O negative blood, in the wake of the incident at Bondi Beach.
Please make an appointment for the coming days and weeks if you can https://app.lifeblood.com.au/XW3k/d9wncrn5

11/12/2025

1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Merewether Pharmacy has been serving the community of Merewether for 100 years!

🖼️📍 We’ve changed our look a few times, and our location once, so we could better serve our community.

🕰️ We’re open 7️⃣ days, so we’re here when you need us!

👩‍⚕️ Call in today, and get to know Merewether Pharmacy service. More than medicine 💙💚💙

28/11/2025

🛍️ Today is Small Business Saturday, the perfect time to support your local heroes.

We’re not just here for scripts, we’re here for your health, your family, and your community. Every time you shop local, you’re backing real people, real care, and real connection.

👉 Find your local IPA Pharmacy here: https://independentpharmacies.com.au/store-locator/

28/11/2025

🏘️ Are you visiting family this Christmas❓
🕰️ Are your vaccinations up to date ❓
📅 Book now for your vaccine and protect and be protected for holiday time.

Book here - http://medadvisor.com.au/Network/MerewetherPharmacy

13/11/2025

🍀 Good Luck for the results🍀 to all the final year Pharmacy students who were sitting exams over the last few weeks!
📚 The last couple of years been a lot of effort and work, but you got this!
👩‍⚕️ For those still looking, we are looking for a proactive, motivated and patient-focused pharmacy intern to join our small team at Merewether Pharmacy, in Newcastle.
💊 Services offered by our pharmacy include, but are not limited to: Dose administration aids, Vaccinations, Home medicines reviews, MedsChecks and Diabetes MedsChecks, Needle exchange, UTI and OCP services, full scope of practice services.
🕰️ No late nights, short weekend days-
Our Pharmacy hours
Monday – Friday 8:30 – 6:00pm
Saturday – Sunday 8:30 – 12:00pm
📝 Please apply by email with a cover letter and resume. Only successful applicants will be contacted.
📧 dispensary@merewetherpharmacy.com.au

11/11/2025

When you go home, tell them of us and say
For your tomorrow, we gave our today.

Lest we forget ...

02/11/2025

🖼️ When you visit us next, you may see our new feedback survey poster in the pharmacy!

📝 Please take a moment to let us know how we are doing - the good and the not so good!

🧐We’ll use all the feedback given to improve how we look after our community in Merewether 💙💚💙