Wynyard Pharmacy

30/12/2025

30/12/2025

Most coughs, colds, fever and sore throats get better without antibiotics.

Not sure what to do when your child is unwell?
📱 Download the Healthier Together app!

It helps you:
✅ Check your child’s symptoms
✅ See easy-to-follow advice with pictures
✅ Use a simple traffic light system (🔴🟠🟢) to know if you need to see a doctor – or if it’s safe to care for them at home.

💡 Learn when antibiotics do and don’t help here https://seriouslyresistant.com/

29/12/2025

💊 Forgot your urgent repeat medication over the festive bank holidays?

You can use the NHS 111 online emergency prescription service to get help.

📌 Check pharmacy bank holiday opening hours by searching NHS Find a Pharmacy.

29/12/2025

⚠️If you have had unprotected s*x you are at risk of pregnancy, use emergency contraception ASAP.

✅ Pharmacies that provide contraception services can also provide ‘The morning after pill’

➡️ https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/pharmacies/find-a-pharmacy-offering-contraceptive-pill-without-prescription/

10/12/2025

We’re seeing a rise in flu and respiratory illnesses locally. 😷

To keep our most vulnerable patients safe, our staff will be wearing masks in several wards and departments at James Cook Hospital and the University Hospital of North Tees.

While mask wearing isn’t mandatory for patients and visitors, we would encourage those attending the below areas to consider wearing a mask. These will be provided by our teams.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹:
• Emergency department
• Urgent treatment centre
• Same day emergency care
• Ward 1 (acute assessment unit)
• Ward 4 (renal)
• Ward 9 (respiratory)
• Ward 14 (oncology)
• Ward 31 (medicine short term)
• Ward 33 (haematology)
• Ward 37 (acute medical unit)
• Rheumatology outpatients

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹:
• Urgent treatment centre
• Clinical decisions unit

𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹:
• Urgent treatment centre

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝘀:
• Emergency department
• Emergency assessment unit
• Urgent treatment centre
• Ward 24 and ward 25 (respiratory)
• Ward 38 (haematology)
• Rheumatology unit

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹:
• Urgent treatment centre
• Rheumatology outpatients

For more information, visit our website: https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/patients-visitors/stopping-the-spread-of-flu/

10/12/2025

✨A friendly reminder from your local pharmacy team✨

10/12/2025

🎄With the festive season fast approaching, health experts across the North East and North Cumbria are urging everyone to plan ahead and make sure they’ve got the essentials at home🩹

Read the full story➡️ https://ow.ly/VBxa50XG7yy

10/12/2025

Up in the night with symptoms of ?

🏠 The virus spreads easily and you should stay home for 48 hours after symptoms stop.

Read our blog post on how to manage symptoms and stop the spread: 👇
https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/23/norovirus-what-to-do-if-you-catch-it-and-helping-to-stop-the-spread/