Drugs Information

Pharmacy Needle Exchange Scheme For Ealing Borough

To find out which pharmacy in your area provides Needle Exchange services, please see table below:

Lloyds Pharmacy 1 Crown Street Acton London W3 8SA Tel: 020 8992 3372 Opening Hours Mon- Fri: 8.30am-6.45pm Sat: 8.45am-5:00pm	Mattock Lane Pharmacy 8 St Johns Parade West Ealing London W13 9LL Tel: 020 8567 9153 Opening Hours Mon - Fri: 9:00am -7:00pm Sat: 9:00am-5:00pm	Medway Pharmacy 18 Medway Parade Perivale, UB6 8HT Tel: 020 8997 5257 Opening Hours Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri: 9.00am-6.30pm Wed: 9.00am-5.00pm
Banks Chemist 59 Old Oak Common Lane East Acton London W3 7DD Tel: 020 8743 3887 Opening Hours Mon-Fri: 9:00am-6:30pm Sat: 9:00am-4:30pm	Horn Lane Pharmacy 148 Horn Lane Acton London W3 6PG Tel: 020 8992 0264 Opening Hours Mon-Fri: 9.00am-7.00pm Sat: 9.00am-3:00pm	M Gokani Pharmacy 32 Church Road Northolt, UB5 5AB Tel: 020 8841 1585 Opening Hours Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri: 9:00am-7.00pm Wed: 9:00am-6:00pm Sat: 9:00am-2:00pm
Stockwell Pharmacy 75 New Broadway Ealing London W5 5AL Tel: 020 8567 0678 Opening Hours Mon-Fri: 9:00am-8:00pm Sat: 9.30am–8:00pm Sun: 10.00am–8:00pm	Kings Pharmacy 50 Greenford Road Greenford UB6 9AT Tel: 020 8575 8069 Opening Hours Mon-Fri: 9.30am-7.00pm Sat: Closed	Parade Pharmacy 386 Oldfield Lane North Greenford, Middlesex UB6 8PU Tel: 020 8575 8041 Opening Hours Mon–Fri: 9:00am–7:00pm Sat: 9:00am–1:00pm
Puri Chemists 39 Western Road Southall, Middlesex UB2 5HE Tel: 020 8574 6848 Opening times Mon–Fri: 9.15am–7:00	Touchwood Pharmacy 493-495 Yeading Lane Northolt, Middlesex UB5 6LN Tel: 020 8845 9522 Opening times Mon-Sat: 9:00am–7:00pm	Shah Pharmacy 13 North Parade North Road, Southall UB1 2LF Tel: 020 8574 2700 Opening times Mon–Fri: 9:00am–7:00pm
Cheema Pharmacy 49/51 Kings Street Southall, UB2 4DE Tel: 020 8574 0284 Opening times Mon–Fri: 9:00am–8:00pm Sat: 9:00am–7:00pm	Bramley Pharmacy 261 Northfield Avenue Ealing, W5 4UA Tel: 020 8840 4464 Opening times Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri: 9:00am–6.30pm Thurs: 9.00am-6:00pm Sat: 9:00am–1:00pm	Boots Pharmacy 61 The Broadway Southall, UB1 1JY Tel: 020 8574 1793 Opening times Mon - Fri: 9.00am-8:00pm Sat: 9:00am-7:00pm Sun: 10.30am-7:00pm
Alpha Chemist 480 Church Road Northolt, UB5 5AU Tel: 020 8845 5793 Opening times Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri: 9:00am – 6:00pm Wed: 9:00am–5.30pm Sat: 9:00am–5.30pm	Boots The Chemist Unit 36 Ealing Broadway Centre Ealing, W5 5JY Tel: 020 8567 0641 Opening times Mon–Sat: 8.45am–7:00pm Sun: 11:00am–5:00	Grosvenor House Pharmacy 147 The Broadway West Ealing, W13 9BE 0208 840 6318 Opening times Mon–Fri: 7:00am-11:00pm Sat: 7:00am-8:00pm Sun: 10:00am-5:00pm
Chana Chemist Unit 3 33 High Street Southall UB1 3HA Tel: 0208 843 1336 Opening times Mon-Sat 9:00am-7:00pm Sun Closed

Needle Stick Injury Information

If you find a Needle what should you do?
Finding needles in the community are a health and safety concern. Everyone needs to know what to do when a needle/syringe is found in the community. These needles may have been inappropriately discarded or fallen out from rubbish.

In an event of a needle stick injury you must:

Encourage bleeding for a minute or two by squeezing the wound to push out any germs
Wash the area thoroughly with water and soap
DO NOT suck the wound
Proceed IMMEDIATELY to you local accident and emergency department .Seek medical advice from your local Accident & Emergency as soon as possible (preferably within one hour).

HIV and Hepatitis B/C may not be detected for 3 months but some A&E departments will offer treatment for needle stick injuries which may include PEP – Post Exposure Prophylaxis (about 3 months of high dose anti-retroviral therapy).

What to do if you find sharps:

DO NOT touch it
DO NOT let friends or pets touch it
DO NOT hide it
DO NOT kick it in a drain
DO NOT put it in a dustbin, litter bin, or down the toilet

Whenever you find a needle or syringe inform the owner of the building, or if you find it in a public place, inform The Council (environment services) on 020 8825 6000, who will then arrange to collect it.

We advise that members of the public DO NOT attempt to pick up needles & syringes unless there is an immediate danger to you or other people.

If you feel you want to do something yourself then:

Find a suitable container preferably with a lid (a hard container that needles cant poke through)
Put the container flat on the surface,
NEVER try to replace the cap back on the needle, as this is how injuries can occur
Ideally if available handle with tongs, tweezers or heavy duty gloves
Put the sharps end in to the container first. Pick the needle by the end that is not sharp (blunt end)
Make sure the container is tightly sealed
Afterwards wash your hands thoroughly
Keep container somewhere safe until its collected

Useful Links

http://www.talktofrank.com
Drugs are illegal. Talking about them isn't so Talk To Frank.

http://www.drugscope.org.uk
Independent centre of expertise on drugs.

http://www.drugs.gov.uk
Cross government website for drug professionals and anyone interested in the national drug strategy.