Butler Green Pharmacy

05/08/2025

If you apply to the NHS Low Income Scheme and receive an HC3 Certificate, you’re entitled to some help with health costs.

🔸 The HC3 covers NHS dental treatment, sight test, travel to receive NHS treatment & NHS wigs / fabric supports.

Learn more! 👇 https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/nhs-low-income-scheme/hc3-certificates-limited-help-health-costs

13/07/2025

Please check your child’s vaccination records if you are unsure.

Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool said it has treated nearly 20 cases of measles since June, and put the increase partly down to a decline in people getting vaccinated.

29/04/2025

Measles is currently circulating in Oldham. We have a number of confirmed cases, and the majority of these cases are in babies under the age of one. All required actions have been taken to protect the residents of Oldham.

Measles is a very infectious disease that can lead to serious complications or even death. It is easy to catch and spreads quickly and easily. People can catch measles at any age and one in five people with measles will need to go to hospital.
Unvaccinated young children and pregnant woman are at the highest risk of severe measles complications.

Children under one year old have not yet had the opportunity to have an MMR vaccine. We can protect them by ensuring measles is not circulating in our community. The only way to do this, is to have everyone who is old enough to be vaccinated receive their two doses of the MMR vaccine.

The vaccine is safe and can be given at any age, even if you have had it before. You can also ask for an MMR vaccination which does not contain ingredients like gelatin if you wish.

What to do next:

· Check whether you and your children have had the vaccine

· Your GP will be happy to help and arrange an appointment

· Be aware of the symptoms of measles and call your GP if you have any concerns

o A prominent red rash is the most obvious symptom but often occurs later than other symptoms
o A high temperature
o A runny or blocked nose
o Sneezing
o A cough
o Red, sore, watery eyes
o Small white spots inside the cheeks or on the back of the lips

More information about measles and the MMR vaccine is available at

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/measles/

12/03/2025

No Smoking Day March

12/03/2025

Guide to NHS Community Services can be downloaded here.

03/02/2025

A health minister has said that the government is “acting on” reports that GPs are “unwilling to direct patients” to community pharmacies and Pharmacy First services.

10/01/2025

It is the medical exemption certificate that entitles you to free NHS prescriptions, not the medical condition. If you do not have a valid medical exemption certificate, you may be liable for a penalty charge. Find out if you’re entitled to NHS dental treatment and other help with health cost usin...

03/01/2025

If you pay for NHS prescribed HRT medicine 3 or more times in 12 months, an HRT PPC could save you money. Each item on an NHS prescription usually costs £9.90. You can buy an HRT PPC for a one-off payment of £19.80 (the cost of two single items). The HRT PPC covers an unlimited number of certain H...

15/10/2024

Last week for Flu Jabs.
Book on the NHS App

20/06/2024

Community pharmacies are going through the worst crisis in living memory.

1,400 community pharmacies have closed in the last decade.
10 pharmacies are closing a week, and three quarters of pharmacies are in the red.

We’re asking you to back our campaign to help keep pharmacies open.

Find out more: https://www.npa.co.uk/campaigns/save-our-pharmacies

15/06/2024

Pharmacy First
Don’t forget that for the common conditions below you can avoid the hassle of trying to get through to your GP by going direct to the pharmacy :-

1) Acute Middle Ear Ache. 2-17 years old
2) Impetigo. 1 year and older
3) Infected Insect Bites. 1 year and older
4) Shingles. 18 years and older
5) Sinusitis. 12 years and older
6) Sore throat. 5 years and older
7) Uncomplicated UTIs. Women aged 16 - 64

If unsure ring NHS 111 first

06/06/2024

Might be worth considering if you suffer a lot from hayfever.