Most health services in Newport at Your Community Pharmacy start the same way: you walk in during opening hours and ask at the counter. The pharmacists check blood pressure and blood glucose, review medicines, give vaccinations and issue certificates for a short illness. Several of these services cost nothing, and where one does carry a fee, the pharmacist can talk you through it before you go ahead. The cards below sort every service into three groups so you can go straight to the page you need.
How our health services in Newport work
There is no booking system, so nothing needs to be arranged ahead. A pharmacist asks a few questions about your health and your medicines, carries out the check or service, and explains the result in plain terms. When something needs more than a pharmacy can offer, the pharmacist will suggest you see your GP and explain why; the glucose screen, for one, comes with a copy of your result to take along. If you are not sure which service fits your situation, the pharmacy FAQs answer the questions people ask most.
Pharmacy health checks in Newport
These checks look for problems that rarely announce themselves. The Heart Foundation notes that high blood pressure has no obvious signs, so a reading is the only way to know where you stand. A result outside the usual range is a prompt to see your doctor, never a diagnosis. The stroke risk assessment also covers the F.A.S.T. warning signs of stroke; if you ever see them, call 000 straight away.
- Blood Pressure CheckA free in-store reading and a chat about what your numbers mean.Learn more
- Diabetes MonitoringA finger-prick blood glucose screen, with the result discussed straight away.Learn more
- Stroke Risk AssessmentAbout 10 minutes on blood pressure, lifestyle risks and the F.A.S.T. signs.Learn more
- Medication ReviewMedsCheck and Home Medicines Review to see how your medicines work together.Learn more
- Weight Management SupportPractical, evidence-based help to set realistic goals.Learn more
Our preventive and monitoring services page compares all five, so you can see which check suits you.
Walk-in vaccinations and travel vaccines
Pharmacist immunisers vaccinate without an appointment and with no booking fee. Every vaccine below has its own page on who it suits and how eligibility works, and some doses are free through the National Immunisation Program for eligible people. Yellow fever and Q fever are not given at pharmacies, and their pages explain where to go.
- Walk-in VaccinationsEvery vaccine on offer, what to bring and how free doses are decided.Learn more
- Travel VaccinationDestination advice and the vaccines your itinerary calls for.Learn more
- Flu VaccineThe yearly flu dose, with funded options for eligible groups.Learn more
- COVID-19 VaccineYearly doses, and who qualifies for a free one.Learn more
- Shingles VaccineShingrix for older adults and people at higher risk.Learn more
- Whooping Cough VaccineWhooping cough protection, including during pregnancy.Learn more
- HPV VaccineCancer-preventing HPV doses from age 9, free for many young people.Learn more
- RSV VaccineRSV protection for older adults, with brand-specific age limits.Learn more
- Hepatitis A & B VaccineHepatitis A and B doses for travel, work and catch-up.Learn more
- Rabies VaccinePre-exposure doses before travel or work with animals.Learn more
- Japanese Encephalitis VaccineJapanese encephalitis protection for travel and higher-risk areas.Learn more
- Typhoid & Polio VaccineTyphoid injection or capsules, and polio boosters.Learn more
- Yellow Fever VaccineWho needs it and where to get it; not given at pharmacies.Learn more
- Q Fever VaccineWho needs it and how screening works; given through a GP.Learn more
Convenience services at the pharmacy
Not everything here is a check or a needle. These services save a trip to the GP or a second errand, and two of them, local delivery and the naloxone kit, are free.
- Work Absence CertificateA certificate for a short absence from work or study, no GP appointment needed.Learn more
- Take Home NaloxoneA free kit to keep, plus a demonstration of how to use it.Learn more
- Webster PakMedicines sorted by day and dose, with weekly delivery.Learn more
- Free Local DeliveryScripts and pharmacy items brought to your door, no minimum order.Learn more
- Price Match GuaranteeSeen it cheaper elsewhere? Show us the price and ask about a match.Learn more
Free health checks and services in Newport
The blood pressure check, blood glucose screening, stroke risk assessment and medication review are all free, and so are the take home naloxone kit and local delivery with no minimum order. Vaccines depend on the vaccine and on you: some are funded for eligible people and others have a fee, and the pharmacist checks which applies before your dose. Ask the pharmacist about the cost of weight management support and work absence certificates. For the story of the family pharmacy behind all of this, opened in 1959, see our history.