Granta Pharmacy

28/05/2025

COVID-19 vaccination is an important part of protecting yourself if you're at increased risk of getting seriously ill from COVID-19.

The COVID-19 vaccines are offered because viruses change and protection fades over time. It's important to top up your protection if you're eligible.

Getting the COVID-19 vaccine can:

• help reduce your risk of getting severe symptoms
• help you recover more quickly if you catch COVID-19
• help reduce your risk of having to go to hospital or dying from COVID-19
• protect against different types of COVID-19 virus

You can get a COVID-19 vaccine if you:

• are aged 75 or over (including those who will be 75 by 17 June 2025)
• are aged 6 months to 74 years and have a weakened immune system because of a health condition or treatment
• live in a care home for older adults

IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO BE VACCINATED. Our last vaccination clinic in Sawston is being held on Monday 2nd June, from 9am to 1pm.

Click on this link https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/covid-19-vaccine/ to book your slot.

NHS information about the COVID-19 vaccine, including what the vaccine helps protect against, who should have it and when, how to get it and side effects.

03/01/2025

A new service to help people get medical help directly from local pharmacies has already been used over 40,000 times in Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Royston.

Pharmacy First helps people access treatment for seven common conditions like sore throat and urinary tract infections, minor illness consultations and urgent repeat medicines through their local pharmacy without needing a GP prescription.

Your local pharmacy will be able to help you with:

Sore throat (aged 5 years and over)
Earache (aged 1 to 17 years)
Sinusitis (aged 12 years and over)
Impetigo (aged 1 year and over)
Infected insect bites (aged 1 year and over)
Shingles (aged 18 years and over)
Uncomplicated urinary tract infections or UTIs (women aged 16 to 64 years)

You can find out more about how pharmacies can help you on the NHS website.

23/12/2024

If you need a local pharmacy over the holiday season, you can find details of opening hours here:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/east-of-england/pharmacy-information/

19/12/2024

THE GRANTA SAWSTON PRESCRIPTION COLLECTION POINT IS FULL AGAIN!

If you have received your text code can you come and collect your medication so that we can restock for those patients collecting for Christmas, thank you.

12/12/2024

THE GRANTA SAWSTON PRESCRIPTION COLLECTION POINT IS FULL!
IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR TEXT CODE CAN YOU COME AND COLLECT YOUR MEDICATION SO THAT WE CAN RESTOCK, THANK YOU.

09/12/2024

Please order any repeat prescriptions for medications you use in good time , so you don’t run out over the bank holidays. You can order your prescription via the NHS App, online or by popping in your repeat slip.

21/11/2024

The Sawston Prescriptions Click & Collect machine is full! If you can, can you come and pick up your medication so we can reload it, thank you.

14/10/2024

NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE FREE NHS FLU VACCINATION? NO WORRIES!

Get your private flu vaccination at Granta Pharmacy in Sawston, for £21.95

No appointment required - just walk in and ask at the pharmacy desk.

Patients from all GP surgeries welcome - we will notify your doctor directly that you have been vaccinated.

23/09/2024

AUTUMN 2024 COVID-19 PROGRAMME

If you are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination, the booking service is now open and vaccination begins Thursday 3rd October 2024. The good news is that we can vaccinate you here in Granta Pharmacy in Sawston.

This vaccine is recommended for people at increased risk from COVID-19. You may be offered the vaccine if you:

- Are aged 65 or over
- Are pregnant
- Are aged 6 months to 64 years and have an increased risk of getting seriously ill from COVID-19 because of a health condition or treatment
- Live in a care home for older adults

To book in to have your vaccine with us, go to https://www.nhs.uk/.../covid.../book-covid-19-vaccination/

29/07/2024

It's going to be hot in our area this week, with a yellow heat health warning in place until Wednesday. Find out how to stay safe during hot weather online: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hot-weather-and-health-guidance-and-advice

24/06/2024

Yellow heat-health alerts are in place this week as daytime temperatures look set to reach 30 degrees.

Heat can affect anyone but the most vulnerable are:

Older people – especially those over 75.

People with serious or long-term illness, including heart or lung conditions.

Those who find it hard to keep cool – babies and the very young and old, and people who are bedbound.

People who spend a lot of time outside or in hot places.

Tips for coping in hot weather include:

Keep out of the heat if you can. If you have to go outside, stay in the shade, especially between 11am and 3pm, wear sunscreen, a hat and light clothes, and avoid exercise or activity that makes you hotter.

Cool yourself down. Have cold food and drinks, avoid alcohol, caffeine and hot drinks, and have a cool shower or put cool water on your skin and clothes.

Keep your living space cool. Close windows during the day and open them at night when the temperature outside has gone down.

20/06/2024

We still have a few Covid vaccine appointments available tomorrow, 21st June.

If you are eligible and would like a vaccine, please book via the NHS website.

Find a walk-in COVID-19 vaccination site to get a COVID vaccination without needing an appointment.