Darling’s Pharmacy

10/02/2026

30/12/2025

We hope that all of our customers had a very Merry Christmas!
It has come to our attention that the Voicemail prescription ordering system is not working properly at our Farnham branch. This has been passed over to our telecoms team who are working on it. You can order your prescriptions via NHS app, Healthera app, or our website (which will take you through the Healthera system). Alternatively you can pop into branch or you can still call the branch to let us know what you need. The Phone lines may be busier as a result. Thank you for your understanding.

24/12/2025

We would like to wish all of our customers a very Merry Christmas! Thank you all so much for your support this year and the teams are very thankful for all of the chocolates, biscuits and gifts that they have received. If you do need access to a pharmacy over the next few days - please use this link to find out who is open across South Tyneside.

Pharmacy opening times in South Tyneside over the 2025 Christmas period.

27/11/2025

“END OF AN ERA”
The end of an era is often hard to describe in words, but when you see one, you surely know what it is.
Friday 28 November 2025 is truly the end of an era. After 38 years working in JM&W DARLING, my dear cousin is retiring. Jacks, as I have always called her, is hanging up her many ‘pharmacy’ boots and is going to enjoy her much deserved retirement in Cornwall.
Over those many years, she has had a range of roles, job descriptions and titles, none of which either individually or even collectively get close to explaining how important and essential she has been to the development, running and continued success of our family business which has sought to serve South Tyneside to the best of our ability.
There is almost no aspect of the business that has not benefitted from her hard work and loyalty. I saw at first hand, how much my dear late parents came to rely on her, as she tirelessly went about her many and diverse duties. She was a huge support to them both in their twilight years, months and days, and I will be forever in her debt for the love, care and security she provided to them with both Paul and I living in London.
Similarly, she was a cornerstone when the responsibility of running the business landed on my late brother Paul’s shoulders. Jacks was at the heart of everything. I used to think of her as the glue that was at the very core of the business and its continued success.
Since Paul’s untimely and tragic death. I cannot easily find the words to describe how important she has been to the smooth running of JM&W and to describe just how much her astonishing work ethic has helped me through those difficult days.
Jacks, none of this would have been possible without you. You are too modest a person to realise just how fundamental you have been for our company. You are much loved, and you will be sorely missed. If anyone has ever truly earned their retirement, it is certainly you. I wish you all the happiness in the world as you bring down the curtain of life at Darlings and begin the next phase of your life. Thank you so much for everything you have done so seamlessly over so many years. It is simply the end of an era.

Ian

21/10/2025

We would like to wish our wonderful Jackie from Dean Road a very long and happy retirement. Thank you for all the years of dedicated service! 💚 💚 💚

09/10/2025

We're looking for a fully trained dispenser to join our team. Please click on the link to apply. 👍🏻

Darling's Pharmacy

03/10/2025

Dear Patients

Our computer systems are going to be upgraded at our Chichester branch on Tuesday 7th October 2025. We kindly ask for your patience this week as we undergo this significant change. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused and we will do our best to help people as quickly as we can. We may have some down time at the branch over the coming days but we will do our best to get back on track by the weekend.

Our Dean Road & Farnham branches will be operating as normal and we will continue to provide services such as flu vaccinations.

📱We are also working on improving our text messaging service📱

- Due to the change over of systems at all three branches and GDPR rules all patients that would like a text message must be re registered on to the new system.
- If you would like to receive a text message from the pharmacy please let a member of the team know.
- For patients that use Healthera or NHS app, we are working with our partners to allow the system to send push notifications to your app to make you aware of the journey of your prescription. We will let you know when this is ready. Thank you.