Community pharmacy

What's available at your local community pharmacy?

Common Ailments Service

You can get free advice and treatment for many minor conditions through the Common Ailments Service. It covers:

Acne
Athletes' foot
Backache (acute)
Chickenpox
Cold sores
Colic
Conjunctivitis (bacterial)
Constipation
Dermatitis (acute)
Diarrhoea
Dry eye
Haemorrhoids
Hayfever
Head lice
Indigestion/reflux
Ingrowing toenail
Intertrigo/ringworm
Mouth ulcers
Nappy rash
Oral thrush
Scabies
Sore throat/tonsillitis
Teething
Threadworm
Vaginal thrush
Verruca

Many pharmacies offer...

Discharge medicines review

After coming out of hospital, get a review of your medication with a pharmacist to discuss any new medicines and dose changes, possible side effects, interactions with other medicines and the best time to take them.

Sore Throat Test and Treat

This screens people for bacterial or viral throat infections and allows pharmacists to prescribe antibiotics or painkillers, respectively, if appropriate.

Stop smoking scheme

Community pharmacies now offer help to people trying to quit smoking. This scheme gives advice and motivation to people struggling to quite and provides a variety of nicotine replacement therapy to minimise the number of cravings they get.

Medical waste disposal

Patients can bring unwanted or used medication back to the pharmacy to be disposed of safely.

Pharmacies in the Afan Cluster

Adrian D Richards Pharmacy (Cwmavon)
Allied Pharmacy Marsh Street
Allied Pharmacy Port Talbot
Allied Pharmacy Morrison Road
Baglan Pharmacy
Boots the Chemist (Aberavon)
MW Phillips Chemist (Blaengwynfi)
MW Phillips Chemist (Cymmer)
Sandfields Pharmacy
Knights Taibach Pharmacy
Well Pharmacy (Aberavon)
Well Pharmacy (Port Talbot)
Knights William & Wheeler Pharmacy