Rowlands Pharmacy Ellon

09/02/2026

Last week to vote for us. Please if you have a minute and are happy with the service we provide or have a lovely story you would like to share about our team or team member please take a couple of minutes to click on the below link xx

The Scottish Pharmacy Awards are just around the corner and we are looking for your help.

We are looking to see if any of our amazing customers have any messages they would like to share/say about our pharmacy team and how amazing they are 🥰

Vote for us in the Customer Award!!! This award is decided only by our lovely customer's. So if you feel my team have helped you and gone above and beyond please vote of us. Click on the link below to vote.

https://form.jotform.com/252924892818370

Thank you for your continued support

Carlene ❤️

05/02/2026

❤️ February is National Heart Month
🎗️ 4 February is World Cancer Day

📍 Community Information Point – February Health Campaigns

This month we are shining a light on keeping our hearts healthy and increasing awareness of cancer prevention and early detection. Small steps can make a big difference to our long‑term health.

❤️ Heart Health Tips
• Aim for 150 minutes of physical activity each week
• Reduce salt to help lower blood pressure
• Choose a diet rich in fruit, vegetables, whole grains & lean proteins
• Stop smoking — one of the best things you can do for your heart
• Know your health numbers: blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar

🎗️ Cancer Awareness Tips
• Early detection saves lives — check for persistent changes
• Attend routine screening appointments (breast, bowel, cervical)
• Maintain a healthy weight and stay active
• Protect your skin with sunscreen and avoid sunbeds
• Avoid to***co and limit alcohol intake

For friendly advice or support with health and wellbeing information:

📞 Contact HealthPoint on 08085 202030
🕘 Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm

Let’s work together to keep our communities informed and healthy. 💙💗

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05/02/2026

Unfortunately I have some sad news about our SISU health machine. We are only going to have it in branch for a few more weeks before it gets uplifted. I know a lot of you guys use it to keep track of your own health journey and are really going to miss it not being there. On a positive note we are still here to give you expert advice on blood pressure, weight management and stopping smoking so please feel free to speak to any of the team if you need help or would like any advice.

05/02/2026

13/01/2026

We are excited to let you know we now have a prescribing pharmacist Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 9-6 and Thursday 9.30-2.

Enkh-Orchlon Gonchig (Eno) has worked extremely hard over the last couple of years and has completed her advanced clinical training which allows her to assess, treat and prescribe if needed.

The Ailments she can cover

Sore throats
Sore Ears
Sinus infections

Chest infections
Skin conditions

Currently Eno is only treating over 16. We can offer this as a walk in service or you can phone and we can book you in for an appointment at a time that suits you. If you're unsure if we can help just give us a phone or pop in and ask

We are so proud of your achievements Eno and I know you are going to make a massive difference to our patients

08/01/2026

Big Thank you to Buchan community support team for helping us get some deliveries out today expecially Davie for driving John around to try and get to our most vulnerable patients.

Deliveries at the moment are our biggest issue we are really struggling to keep on top of them and the longer this goes on the more everyone's medication becomes a priority. Please if you can get down for it or have friends and neighbours that can pick up for you it would be a massive help. Also please remember if you cant get out because of your road we will not be able to get in. We have seen some fantastic community spirit over the last few days but also seen a not so good side to people which is disappointing. Our delivery drivers are doing everything they can to get to you so please be patient with them and the team if you are phoning.

Lastly I want to do a massive shout out to my team, who have turned up everyday either on foot or driving in not great conditions to keep us open. They have dealt with stock not arriving, prescription piles that would fear you , sorting out deliveries and phoning patients to check in on them, putting up with a front door that has decided not to work and feels more like a warehouse than a shop. So Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your effort, I know you are all tired mentally and physically and praying for Friday 6pm

Carlene ❤️

07/01/2026

Still time to vote. It would mean so much to the team 🥰

The Scottish Pharmacy Awards are just around the corner and we are looking for your help.

We are looking to see if any of our amazing customers have any messages they would like to share/say about our pharmacy team and how amazing they are 🥰

Vote for us in the Customer Award!!! This award is decided only by our lovely customer's. So if you feel my team have helped you and gone above and beyond please vote of us. Click on the link below to vote.

https://form.jotform.com/252924892818370

Thank you for your continued support

Carlene ❤️

06/01/2026

Just want to say a massive thank you to COTAG 4x4 Response for the help they have given us over the last couple of days. With there help we have managed to get prescriptions to our most vulnerable patients and Mike has also enjoyed having someone drive him around 🤣🤣🤣

Big thank you to everyone who came in for neighbours prescriptions and checking in on us to make sure we were ok and for clearing the front of our shop while waiting for there own prescriptions and to the lovely people who got in touch to offer there help.

Ellon is an absolute fantastic community and I love how everyone pulls together to help each other 🥰🥰🥰

Hopefully we can all get back to normal over the next few days as there cant be anymore snow left to fall xx

06/01/2026

A big shout out to COTAG 4x4 Response for assisting Mike from Rowlands Pharmacy Ellon to deliver our residents medication in this weather ☃️❄️🌨️

05/01/2026

Opening hours for tomorrow 9-6

We have a local pharmacist coming in tomorrow alongside our regular pharmacist who will be coming from outside Ellon, so we will be able to operate 9 until 6 tomorrow knowing we have a pharmacist working who lives in Ellon.

Staff wise we should be ok but I may need to send staff home early throughout the day weather depending. Which might affect speed in branch.

Deliveries again will depend on how the roads are, we received some amazing help from COTAG 4x4 Response today meaning we managed to get a lot of urgent prescriptions out to our most vulnerable patients but as you can imagine we will start to get a backlog of deliveries very quickly so please if you can help out at all by coming in for your prescriptions if it's safe to do, or phone us if you're able to wait for your prescriptions so we can prioritise those that do need x

Appointments should go as planned tomorrow if our regular pharmacist makes it in. We will phone you if there are any changes.

I'm so sorry we had to close early today, it's a decision I really don't take lightly but the safety of my team has to be my top priority.

As always I will keep everyone updated on here with any changes. But fingers crossed for a better day and I don't have to get dug out of the staff car park 🤣🤣🤣
Carlene

05/01/2026

Unfortunately I have had to make the decision to close at 2pm today, so I can get everyone home safely. If you are meant to pick your prescription up today please make sure you are in before 2pm

Sorry for any inconvenience
Carlene

04/01/2026

Plan for tomorrow with the snow. We have enough local staff who can get into the branch safely so we will be open at 9am and plan to stay open until 6 but we may be short staffed so things could take a little longer.

Deliveries are probably going to be our biggest issue and we will probably have to run on emergency deliveries only. We will get medication boxes out first thing and then we will have to take it from there. If your desperate for medication and normally a delivery please give us a phone so we can try and prioritise. If you have a 4x4 and can get to us safely please come in to pick your medication or for neighbours.

If you have an appointment booked with us tomorrow and you don't feel like you can get in please feel free to re arrange either by phoning us or going online to change dates

Stay safe everyone and look after each other.

Carlene x