Shields Pharmacy is a community pharmacy at 95 Main North Road, Papanui, Christchurch, offering a broad range of clinical services beyond standard prescription dispensing. Pharmacists provide advice and treatment for common minor illnesses across all ages, and help ensure prescriptions are dispensed correctly with clear guidance on how medicines should be taken, possible side effects, and storage.
The pharmacy offers immunisation services including adult flu vaccines, diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis (whooping cough) vaccines, pregnancy vaccinations and 45-year-old vaccinations. It's also registered to dispense Maviret for hepatitis C treatment with no pharmacy charges, and provides sexual health services including the emergency contraceptive pill, selected oral contraceptives without a prescription under certain circumstances, and UTI treatment for eligible women aged 16 to 65.
For people managing long-term conditions, Shields Pharmacy offers medicines use reviews, medication coordination and reminder services, and compliance packaging (blister packs or sachet rolls). The pharmacy also provides a free medicine and needles disposal service, and support to stop smoking. The premises has wheelchair access, a wheelchair accessible toilet, and support to make decisions available.
Shields Pharmacy sits at 95 Main North Road in Papanui, Christchurch, offering the kind of broad community pharmacy services that go well beyond simply filling a prescription. Pharmacists here provide advice and treatment for common minor illnesses across all ages, and take time to make sure patients understand what their medicines are for, how to take them, and how to store them safely.
Fully funded medicine prescriptions are free for people aged 13 or under, 65 or older, Community Services Card holders and their dependent children, and Prescription Subsidy Card holders. For anyone managing a long-term condition, the pharmacy offers medication coordination so that prescription repeats line up together, along with reminder services by text, email or phone. Compliance packaging - blister packs or sachet rolls - is also available to help patients take the right medicine at the right time, particularly useful for those travelling or managing multiple medications. The pharmacy's MUR-accredited team also runs a Medicines Use Review Service for patients on complex regimens, reporting back to the patient's doctor with suggestions to help manage medicines better.
Shields Pharmacy offers a range of immunisations, including the adult flu vaccine, a combined diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine, pregnancy vaccinations, and vaccinations recommended at age 45.
The pharmacy provides the emergency contraceptive pill through a confidential consultation, best taken as soon as possible and up to 72 hours after unprotected intercourse. Selected oral contraceptives can also be supplied without a prescription for up to six months, for eligible women who've previously been prescribed the same contraceptive within the last three years. Trained pharmacists can also supply antibiotics for urinary tract infections without a prescription to eligible women aged 16 to 65, and can prescribe sildenafil for erectile dysfunction in men aged 35 to 70 who meet specific assessment criteria.
Shields Pharmacy is registered to dispense Maviret for hepatitis C treatment, with counselling support and no pharmacy charges for the medicine. The pharmacy also supports people wanting to stop smoking with advice and aids like nicotine gum, and offers a free medicine and needles disposal service for expired or unwanted medicines, lancets and syringes - helping keep them out of the regular rubbish or waterways.
The pharmacy has wheelchair access, a wheelchair accessible toilet, and support available to help patients make decisions about their care.
Shields Pharmacy is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm, and Saturday from 10am to 1pm. The pharmacy is closed on Sundays and on a number of public holidays including Waitangi Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Monday, ANZAC Day (observed), King's Birthday, Matariki, Labour Day and Canterbury Anniversary. Shields Pharmacy is located at 95 Main North Road, Papanui, Christchurch, and can be reached on (03) 352 9210 or by email at [email protected].