Tue: 8:30am to 6pm
Boots
Open Sundays
Community pharmacy
In the centre of Colchester, CO1 1LX, this Boots operates as a community pharmacy and is registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council under number 1031116. It passed its most recent GPhC inspection. As part of a large national chain, branches such as this one typically handle NHS and private prescriptions, stock over-the-counter medicines and provide routine health advice. The range of services can differ from one branch to another, so it is sensible to phone ahead or check directly before visiting. Contact details and opening hours for this pharmacy are listed further down the page. On a separate note, anyone curious about medical cannabis should know that it has been legally prescribable in the UK since 2018 for certain conditions, though this happens through specialist clinics rather than standard pharmacies.
Help and advice services
- New Medicine Service (NHS)
Contraception services
- Emergency contraception (NHS)
- Emergency contraception (paid-for)
- NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service
- Condom supply (NHS)
Screening and test services
- NHS Blood Pressure Check Service
- COVID-19 lateral flow tests (eligible NHS patients)
- Chlamydia screening and treatment (NHS)
Dispensing services
- Prescription delivery service
- Appliance dispensing (prescription charges apply)
- Mobile app to manage repeat prescriptions
- SMS repeat prescription reminders
Vaccination services
- Seasonal flu vaccination service: at-risk groups (NHS)
- Seasonal flu vaccination service: not at-risk groups (paid-for)
- Travel clinic (paid-for)
Healthy living services
- Stop smoking service (NHS)
- NHS Health Check
Community pharmacy services
- Private consultation room
- Appointment booking available for consultations
- Appointment booking for consultations not required
- Multi-lingual staff
- Other health professionals onsite
Other facilities
- Consultation room
GPhC registration
- Registration number
- 1031116
- Status
- Registered
- First registered
- 3 November 1978
- Inspection report
- Standards met View report
- Registered owner
- Boots UK Limited
- NHS ODS code
- FQ064
Details are drawn from the GPhC register and NHS profiles and can change - check with the pharmacy before making a special trip, especially around bank holidays.