Alternative Medical Services

Common Ailments Scheme:

The Common Ailments Scheme is a free service provided by several local chemists and can treat a list of minor conditions. No appointment or pre-booking necessary, simply pop down to your local chemist for a free of charge consultation with the pharmacist. These minor conditions include:

Indigestions	Constipation / Diarrhoea	Scabies	Piles
Hay Fever	Headlice	Teething	Nappy Rash
Colic	Chickenpox	Threadworm	Sore throat
Athlete's Foot	Eye Infections	Mouth Ulcers	Cold sores
Acute Dermatitis	Acute Back Pain	Verruca's	Ingrowing Toenails
Vaginal Thrush	Oral Thrush	Conjunctivitis	Dry Eyes

Please note, this service is not eligible for temporary patients who are registered outside of Wales.

Local pharmacy who have signed up to the service include:

Central Pharmacy - Arfryn, Church Street, New Quay, SA45 9NX

Boots Pharmacy - 5a Bridge Street, Aberaeron, SA46 0AP

Lloyds Pharmacy - 2 Alban Square, Aberaeron, SA46 0AD

Boots Pharmacy - 3 Pendre, Cardigan, SA43 1JL

Caerleon Pharmacy - 23 Pendre, Cardigan, SA43 1JT

Penrhyn Pharmacy - Banc Y Dyffryn, Aberporth, Cardigan, SA43 2EU

Well Pharmacy - 59 Pendre, Cardigan, SA43 1JR

Adrian Thomas Pharmacy - 3 High Street, Lampeter, SA48 7BA

Boots Pharmacy - 9A Harford Square, Lampeter, SA48 7DX

Lloyds Pharmacy - Taliesyn Court, Heol y Bont, Lampeter, SA48 7AA

Lloyds Pharmacy - New Road, Llandysul, SA44 4QJ

Boots Pharmacy - 8 Lincoln Street, Llandysul, SA44 4BJ

Community Pharmacies offering the UTI PGD Service:

Some community pharmacies now offer a urinary tract infection (UTI) service for non-pregnant women aged 16 to 64.

If you have symptoms of a UTI, such as burning pain when urinating, needing to urinate more often or cloudy urine, you could receive antibiotics without the need for an appointment with your GP.

Please contact your local community pharmacy prior to attending to check an accredited pharmacist is available.

Local pharmacy who have signed up to the service include:

Lloyds Pharmacy - 2 Alban Square Aberaeron SA46 0AD

Well Pharmacy - Church Surgery, Portland Street Aberystwyth SY23 3SW

Penrhyn Pharmacy - Banc Y Dyffryn Aberporth SA43 2EU

Caerleon Pharmacy - 23 Pendre Cardigan SA43 1JT

Well Pharmacy - 59 Pendre Cardigan SA43 1JR

Adrian Thomas - Pharmacy 3 High Street Lampeter SA48 7BA

Lloyds Pharmacy - New Road Llandysul SA44 4QJ

Minor Injuries Unit:

Cardigan Integrated Care Centre - Rhodfa'r Felin, Ceredigion, SA43 1JX

Tel: 01239 801560 ext. 311400

Fax: 01239 623396

Disabled Access: Yes

Located in Cardigan Health Centre, the Minor Injuries Unit can treat injuries that are not critical or life-threatening. You may wish to consider attending a Minor Injuries Unit if it is suitable for the type of injury that you have. Opening hours are 8:00am - 18:00pm Monday to Friday including Bank Holidays, except Christmas Day.

What can be seen in the Minor Injuries Unit:

Assault	Wounds	Bites and Stings	Burns and Scalds Less than 3% of body area & minor only.	Emergency Contraception	X-Rays Monday to Friday between 9.00am & 5.00pm
Chest Injuries No Trauma	Chest Pain No cardiac relating chest pain	Ear Injury	Eye Injury	Plastering / Surturing	Transport Injury
Facial Injury	Falls No major trauma or falls from over 2 meters and patients must be mobile	Removal of Foreign Bodies	Limb Injury	Manipulation Of Fractures Dislocation	Dental / Mouth Injury No max-facial or dental on site so may be referred onwards – more for injury to mouth
Pelvic Injury patient must be mobile with no significant mechanism of injury	Neck Injury patient must be mobile	Back Injury patient must be mobile	Sprains/Fractures of Limbs patient must be mobile	Tetanus Vaccinations

What CANNOT be seen at the Minor Injuries unit:

Cardiac Related Issues (including cardiac chest pain, shortness of breath and airway problems).
Abdominal Injury.
Mental Health.
Overdose / Poisoning.

For urgent medical assistant, please contact 999 immediately.

Emergency Medicine Supply:

If you run out of prescription medicine and do not have a prescription with you, you can get an emergency supply from a pharmacy without a prescription. This includes any medication for patients living outside the area, and temporarily visiting. Supply and charges will vary between pharmacies. Patients are also advised to take an old prescription or the medicine's packaging with you, if you have it.

Please be aware that only a limited range of controlled medicines can be prescribed in an emergency, such as those for epilepsy (phenobarbital). Many commonly used controlled medicines, such as morphine or diamorphine, cannot be supplied without a prescription by a pharmacist in an emergency.

If you need a non-prescription medicine, such as paracetamol or an antacid, and you cannot find an open pharmacy, the following places may stock a basic range of over-the-counter medicines:

supermarkets
newsagents
petrol stations

They also often have longer opening hours than high-street pharmacies.

Central Pharmacy - New Quay

Central Pharmacy, Arfryn, Church Street, New Quay, SA45 9NX

Central Pharmacy here in New Quay can offer a wide range of different services including Common Ailments Scheme, Flu Vaccinations and Travel Immunisations. Please call 01545 560 294 for more information.