New Medicine Service
About this service
Been prescribed a new medicine? Your pharmacist is an expert on medicines and provides a free NHS service to help make sure your new medicine is working for you
What is the New Medicine Service?
The New Medicine Service is a free NHS service, offered through your pharmacy (chemist), to help you understand your condition and get the most out of your new medicine.
Who is it for?
The service is for people who have received their first prescription for a medicine to treat any of the following conditions:
- Asthma and COPD
- Type 2 diabetes
- Hypertension
- Hypercholesterolaemia
- Osteoporosis
- Gout
- Glaucoma
- Epilepsy
- Parkinsons disease
- Urinary incontinence/retention
- Heart failure
- Acute coronary syndromes
- Atrial fibrillation
- Long term risk of venous thromboembolism/embolism
- Stroke
- Coronary heart disease
FAQs
Do I have to use the pharmacy for my repeat prescriptions to be eligible for the service?
Can the service be offered to a child?
Available at the following pharmacies
Branches
Doncaster
Armthorpe Parade › Armthorpe White House Farm › Barnburgh › Barnby Dun › Bawtry › Beckett Road › Cantley Everingham Road › Cantley Goodison Boulevard › Cantley St Wilfrids Court › Carcroft › Conisbrough Church Street › Conisbrough Gardens Lane › Cusworth › Denaby › Dunscroft › East Laith Gate › Edenthorpe › Edlington Martinwells Centre › Harworth › Hatfield › Haxey › Intake › Kirk Sandall › Misterton › Moorends › Rossington › Scawthorpe › Skellow › Sprotbrough › Stainforth Field Road › The Flying Scotsman Centre › Thorne Finkle Street › Thorne Health Centre › Tickhill › Wheatley › Woodlands Princess Street › Woodlands Woodside View ›All pharmacy services
Pharmacy First
Earache (Otitis media) Treatment and Advice Service
Earache is a common condition with many causes. Our expert pharmacy teams will assess and can supply treatments for earache in children 1 to 17 years old.
Impetigo Treatment and Advice Service
Impetigo is a very contagious infection and is very common in younger children Our expert pharmacy teams will assess and can supply treatments for impetigo in adults and children over 1 years old.
Infected Insect Bites Treatment and Advice Service
Insect bites and reactions around the area of the bite or sting are common, sometimes however a bite or sting can become infected. If this happens our expert pharmacy team can assess and supply products to treat the infection and reduce the symptoms
Shingles Treatment and Advice Service
The Pharmacy First scheme allows our expert teams to assess and supply and, if appropriate, treatments for Shingles for adults aged over 18. Shingles is a viral infection that causes a painful rash.
Sinusitis Treatment and Advice Service
Sinusitis is a painful swelling of the sinuses, an area inside your nose, usually caused by an infection. It is a common condition that clears up on its own after about 2 to three weeks but you can now visit you local pharmacy and receive treatments.
Sore Throat Treatment and Advice Service
Sore throat is a painful swelling at the back of the mouth. It is a common condition that clears up on its own after about 2 to 3 weeks but you can now visit you local pharmacy and receive treatments to fight the infection.
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Treatment and Advice Service
Urinary Tract infections (UTI) are an infection that affects the urethra (the tube from the outside of your body that carries wee from your bladder), your bladder (the sack that holds your wee) and sometimes your kidneys.
NHS
Blood Pressure Testing
High blood pressure is also known as Hypertension, this is a condition where your heart must work harder to pump blood around your body. Without treatment, high blood pressure can lead to heart problems, strokes and damage to other vital organs.
Personalised NHS Contraceptive Service
There are over 200 kinds of birth control. Find the right one for your body with TUUNE & Weldricks. Our expert pharmacists can go on to supply your recommended birth control using the FREE NHS Pharmacy Contraceptive service. With Fast Free delivery.
Pharmacy Contraceptive Service
The new NHS contraception service enables you to start on or renew your supply of oral contraceptive (pill) without needing to see your GP.
