Selected pharmacies to open on Christmas and New Year bank holidays
A number of pharmacies will be open to people in need of an emergency prescription, help with a minor condition or general healthcare advice on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, as well as on the substitute bank holidays on Tuesday 27 December and Monday 2 January.
Six pharmacy sites will be open in Bath and North East Somerset on Christmas Day, including Boots in Weston, while there will be two in Swindon, including Jhoots on Victoria Road, and seven in Wiltshire:
- Lloyds, Rowden Hill, Chippenham
- Shaunaks, Porch Surgery, Corsham
- Rowlands, Bemerton Heath
- Tandy, Wilton Road, Salisbury
- GS Health, Tidworth
- Cohens Chemist, Brook Road, Trowbridge
- Shaunaks, White Horse Health Centre, Westbury
People are advised to check when their nearest pharmacy will be open, with the Christmas and New Year hours for all pharmacies in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire now available to view online.
Christmas and New Year opening times for pharmacies in Wiltshire
All other pharmacies in the region will be active on the days leading up to Christmas, as well as those on the week before the new year, although many will have reduced opening hours.
Pharmacies now offering prescription medicines
More than 80 pharmacies in the region are also able to provide medication for common treatments that would have previously only been available after visiting a GP.
Pharmacists at these selected pharmacies can now dispense prescription medicine for sore throats, female urine infections, common skin conditions such as impetigo and dermatitis, and conjunctivitis.
Details of which pharmacies are participating in this scheme can be found online at bsw.icb.nhs.uk
