Halls Pharmacy Forest Hall

Halls Pharmacy Forest Hall We are a local independent pharmacy located in Forest Hall, Newcastle.

The pharmacy offers a free delivery service to all patients exempt from prescription charges.

14/10/2024

Private Ear Syringing Service Available at Halls Pharmacy.

Please call for details 01912661438.

Diabetes 1DiabetesThe estimate for the number of diabetics in the UK is 4.4 million and roughly 1.2 million that may hav...
13/08/2024

Diabetes 1

Diabetes

The estimate for the number of diabetics in the UK is 4.4 million and roughly 1.2 million that may have diabetes but have not yet been diagnosed. These patients need to have regular annual check ups to make sure they do not suffer from the complications that diabetes can cause. For example, there are more than 184 amputations and 770 strokes due to diabetes in the UK every week but many of these are preventable with the right care.

These complications cost the NHS £6.2 billion per year from on overall spend on diabetes of £10.7 billion which is about 6% of the whole UK health budget. There are estimates for the cost of diabetes rising to £18 billion by 2035. Much of this money could be saved if patients with diabetes followed the instructions of their doctors and nurses gave them. In many cases, you don’t even have to lose weight, just alter your eating habits so you reduce the amount of carbohydrates you eat and exercise a bit more. Again, not necessarily going to the gym but going upstairs more often, having a walk at lunch time, walking to the local shops rather than driving.

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Pharmacy First 5QuizQ1. What is Pharmacy First?A1. It is a new service that has been introduced so you get a supply ...
06/08/2024

Pharmacy First 5

Quiz

Q1. What is Pharmacy First?
A1. It is a new service that has been introduced so you get a supply of certain medicines for certain minor ailments.
Q2. What are minor ailments?
A2. These are conditions that will usually resolve themselves like coughs, colds, insect bites, nasal congestion.
Q3. What is the point of this new service?
A3. It aims to reduce the workload of GPs.
Q4. What conditions can I get a supply of antibiotics for?
A4. Urinary tract infections (UTIs), impetigo, shingles, insect bites, sinusitis, ear infections and sore throats.
Q5. Can we just walk in and get an antibiotic?
A5. No. Your infection has to meet certain criteria set by the government.
Q6. Who can get help for a UTI?
A6. You must be a woman between 16 and 64 years and it must be your first infection in the last 6 months.
Q7. Who can’t get help for a sore throat?
A7. Children under 5 and pregnant women under 16.
Q8. What are the criteria for acute earache?
A8. Children aged 1 to 17 with severe infection who have had less than 3 episodes in 6 months.
Q9. Who can get help for shingles?
A9. Any adult over 18 years old.
Q10. What are the restrictions on pharmacists helping people with impetigo?
A10. Anybody with bullous impetigo, recurrent impetigo (2 or more episodes in the same year), pregnant women under 16.

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Pharmacy First 4QuizQ1. What is Pharmacy First?Q2. What are minor ailments?Q3. What is the point of this new servi...
30/07/2024

Pharmacy First 4

Quiz

Q1. What is Pharmacy First?
Q2. What are minor ailments?
Q3. What is the point of this new service?
Q4. What conditions can I get a supply of antibiotics for?
Q5. Can we just walk in and get an antibiotic?
Q6. Who can get help for a UTI?
Q7. Who can’t get help for a sore throat?
Q8. What are the criteria for acute earache?
Q9. Who can get help for shingles?
Q10. What are the restrictions on pharmacists helping people with impetigo?

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Pharmacy First 3What is the procedure if I have one of these conditions?Our pharmacist will take you into the consulting...
23/07/2024

Pharmacy First 3

What is the procedure if I have one of these conditions?

Our pharmacist will take you into the consulting room and ask you questions to assess if you are seriously ill. If they think you may be, they will send you back to your GP or to A&E. If they think it is less serious, they will continue to ask you questions to ascertain the severity of your symptoms.
Depending on the answers you give, our pharmacist will either:
• Offer advice and an OTC remedy to ease your symptoms while your body fights off the infection, asking you to return in a few days if you are still not well.
• Review your symptoms and if they pass a “gateway point” set by the protocol determined by NHS, our pharmacist can prescribe you an antibiotic.
Examples of the criteria for each condition are:
• If you have impetigo with 3 or less lesions you may be offered hydrogen peroxide cream for 5 days. If you have 4 or more, you could be offered an antibiotic.
• If you have an uncomplicated UTI with mild symptoms, you could be asked to return in 48 hours if there is no improvement but if the symptoms are moderate to severe you may be given nitrofurantoin.
• If you have acute, severe symptoms of a sore throat, you may be offered an antibiotic.
• If your child has mild earache, you may be offered self-care advice and pain killers but if it is more severe and/or your child has had it for more than 3 days, you may be offered an antibiotic
• Most insect bites are not serious and will get better in a few hours/days but if there is redness and swelling around the bite or pus discharge, you may be offered an antibiotic.
• If you think you may have shingles and our pharmacist agrees, it is with in 72 hours of the onset of the rash and you are over 50 OR it is one week after the onset of the rash, and you are over 70 you may be offered an antiviral.
• If you have been suffering from sinusitis for less than 10 days, you could be offered self-care advice and pain relief but if the symptoms have lasted more than 10 days and are getting worse you may be offered an antibiotic.

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Pharmacy First 2What are the conditions that pharmacists can supply antibiotics for on the NHS?The Government has decide...
16/07/2024

Pharmacy First 2

What are the conditions that pharmacists can supply antibiotics for on the NHS?

The Government has decided that there are 7 minor ailments that pharmacists can supply antibiotics on the NHS provided strict criteria are met. The ailments are:
• UTI - only to women aged 16-64 who haven’t had a UTI in the last 6 months
• Impetigo - as long as it’s non-bullous, you haven’t had an episode in the last year, and you are not pregnant under 16
• Shingles - any adult over 18 except pregnant women.
• Insect bites - anybody over 1 year old excluding pregnant women under 16
• Sinusitis - for anybody over 12 excluding immunocompromised people, chronic sinusitis (symptoms have lasted for more than 12 weeks) and pregnant women under 16
• Ear infections - for children aged 1 to 17 excluding those who have had 3 or more infections in 6 months or 4 or more in 12 months and pregnant women under 16
• Sore throat - for adults and children over 5 excluding women under 16 who are pregnant

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Address

3 Station Road North, Forest Hall
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE127AR

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm

Telephone

+441912661438

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