Health Consultations with a Pharmacist
Call in and make a time to see one of our pharmacists for trusted advice to help you to manage your condition. They can provide treatment options including medicine. If you condition needs further support, they can recommend the best place for you to go for your condition.
We can consult & prescribe treatments for:
Pain and Fever
Diarrhoea and vomiting and dehydration
Eye Infections
Skin infections
Eczema or Dermatitis
Scabies
Headlice - nits, kutis, kutu bugs, utu or riha
The consultation and any prescribed medicines will be FREE for eligible patients.
Who is eligible to receive this FREE service?
The FREE Winter Health Consultations are available for:
All Māori and Pacific people.
All Children under 14 years of age, or Whānau members of a child with similar symptoms*
All Community Service Card (CSC) holders
*For example, if the pharmacist gives your child medicine for scabies and you, or brothers and systems also have symptoms, they may give advice and medicine to all of you.
If you don’t meet the FREE eligibility criteria, one of our pharmacists will be able to provide you with advice about your health condition, appropriate treatment options and let you know whether you should also see your doctor or another healthcare provider.