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Essential Pharmacy

Community pharmacy
169 Drury Lane, Covent Garden, Camden, WC2B 5QA 020 74048808 essentialslondon.com/ essentials.pharmacy@nhs.net
A community pharmacy serving central London, Essential Pharmacy is located in WC2B 5QA and holds GPhC registration number 1041572. It is registered under Pharmartel Limited and passed its most recent GPhC inspection. Community pharmacies of this kind generally handle NHS and private prescriptions, stock a range of over-the-counter medicines and can offer straightforward health advice. That said, what any individual pharmacy provides can differ, so it is sensible to contact Essential Pharmacy directly before heading in. Opening hours and contact details are shown further down this page. On a separate note, it is worth knowing that since 2018 it has been legal for doctors in the UK to prescribe cannabis-based medicines for certain conditions. This happens through specialist clinics, not regular pharmacies.

Help and advice services

  • New Medicine Service (NHS)

Contraception services

  • Emergency contraception (paid-for)

Screening and test services

  • NHS Blood Pressure Check Service

Dispensing services

  • Prescription delivery service
  • Appliance dispensing (prescription charges apply)
  • Appliance use review service (NHS)

Vaccination services

  • Seasonal flu vaccination service: at-risk groups (NHS)
  • Seasonal flu vaccination service: not at-risk groups (paid-for)
  • Travel clinic (paid-for)
  • Walk-in COVID-19 vaccination service: ages 18 to 64 years
  • Walk-in COVID-19 vaccination service: ages 65 to 74 years

Healthy living services

  • Stop smoking service (NHS)
  • Stop smoking service (paid-for)

Community pharmacy services

  • Private consultation room
  • Appointment booking for consultations not required
  • Multi-lingual staff
  • Inhaler recycling

Other facilities

  • Consultation room

GPhC registration

Registration number
1041572
Status
Registered
First registered
31 August 2004
Inspection report
Standards met View report
Registered owner
Pharmartel Limited
NHS ODS code
FV174

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.