Pharmacies
If you're feeling unwell, pharmacists are fully qualified to advise you on the best course of action.
Pharmacies open this bank holiday weekend (26th May)
Bridgwater
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Asda Pharmacy, East Quay, TA6 5AZ | Tel: 01278 720410 | Opening Times: 10:00–16:00
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Boots Pharmacy, 34-38 Fore Street, TA6 3NG | Tel: 01278 422011 | Opening Times: 10:00–16:00
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Jhoots Pharmacy, Stockmoor Park, Taunton Road, TA6 6LD | Tel: 01278 447152 | Opening Times: 16:00–18:00
Burnham on Sea
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Tesco In-Store Pharmacy, Ben Travers Way, TA8 1EZ | Tel: 01278 252000 | Opening Times: 10:00–16:00
Frome
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Asda Pharmacy, Warminster Road, BA11 5LA | Tel: 01373 475210 | Opening Times: 10:00–16:00
Minehead
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Boots Pharmacy, 14-16 The Parade, TA24 5UG | Tel: 01643 702004 | Opening Times: 10:00–16:00
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Tesco In-Store Pharmacy, Seaward Way, TA24 5BY | Tel: 01172 913890 | Opening Times: 10:00–16:00
Shepton Mallet
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Boots Pharmacy, Unit 2b, Townsend Shopping Park, BA4 5TZ | Tel: 01749 346953 | Opening Times: 10:00–16:00
Taunton
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Asda Pharmacy, Creechbarrow Road, TA1 2AN | Tel: 01823 448010 | Opening Times: 10:00–16:00
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Boots Pharmacy, 64-65 High Street, TA1 3PT | Tel: 01823 276061 | Opening Times: 09:00–17:00
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Staplegrove Pharmacy, Units 1 & 2 Livingstone Way, Off Bindon Road, Staplegrove, TA2 6BD | Tel: 01823 274049 | Opening Times: 17:00–19:00
Wells
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Tesco In-Store Pharmacy, Tucker Street, BA5 2DZ | Tel: 01458 769500 | Opening Times: 10:00–16:00
Yeovil
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Asda Pharmacy, Preston Road, BA20 2HB | Tel: 01935 709510 | Opening Times: 10:00–16:00
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Boots Pharmacy, 37 Middle Street, BA20 1LS | Tel: 01935 426673 | Opening Times: 10:00–16:00
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Tesco In-Store Pharmacy, Queensway, Huish, BA20 1DL | Tel: 01172 916990 | Opening Times: 10:00–16:00
Feeling unwell? Don’t wait – get advice from your nearest pharmacist
If you feel like you’re coming down with something, even if it’s just a cough or cold, don’t wait until it gets worse. Act quickly. The sooner you get advice from a pharmacist the better.
Pharmacists are fully qualified to advise you on the best course of action. So go to see a pharmacist as soon as you start to feel unwell. This can be the best and quickest way to help you recover and get back to normal.
If you can’t get to a pharmacist yourself, ask someone to go for you or call your local pharmacy.
How you can help yourself
- Be prepared for most common ailments by keeping a well-stocked medicine cabinet at home
- Visit your pharmacist as soon as you start to feel unwell and before it gets too serious
- Choose the right health service for you.
My Local Health Services
Bank holiday opening hours
During bank holiday weekends, some pharmacies will remain open to provide you and your family with healthcare advice and medicines if you should need it. To find out which pharmacies are open this bank holiday, visit the NHS England website here.
The Electronic Prescription Service means that your GP can send your prescription electronically to a pharmacy of your choice. 93% of Somerset practices are able to offer this service, more and more are now coming on board.
NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS)
The NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) was launched in October 2019, to progress the integration of community pharmacy into local NHS urgent care services, providing more convenient treatment closer to patients’ homes. The service offers patients the option of having a face-to-face consultation with a pharmacist following an initial assessment by an NHS 111 call handler. The call handler can make a digital referral to a convenient pharmacy, where the patient can attend to receive advice and treatment for a range of minor illnesses or for an urgent supply of a previously prescribed medicine. Should the patient need to be escalated or referred to an alternative service, the pharmacist can arrange this.
GP Community Pharmacy Consultation Service (Think Pharmacy)
We have introduced a new, same-day, GP Community Pharmacy Consultation Service to help you receive quality care and support for minor health conditions, more quickly through accessing care via your community pharmacist.
Pharmacy commissioning
From Saturday 1 April 2023, NHS Somerset took over responsibility for the commissioning and management of pharmaceutical, ophthalmic and dental (POD) services in the county.
These services have previously been commissioned and managed by NHS England, but this change will mean that NHS Somerset will be responsible for a broader range of functions and enable us to have a greater flexibility to integrate services across care pathways, ensuring continuity for patients and improved health outcomes for the local population.
This change is a significant milestone towards the move to a system-based approach to improvement and stronger partnership working as set out in the NHS England operating framework.
Patients should not be impacted by this transition, and services should see no change due to this delegation.
For more information on this page, please visit the commissioning page on NHS England’s website.
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