M Whitfield Ltd, Gilesgate, City of Durham

Address:
34 Sunderland Road
Gilesgate
City of Durham
DH1 2LG

Telephone:
0191 384 2172

Prescription Collection & Delivery Telephone:
0191 386 4101

Fax:
0191 386 4113

Repeat Prescription Ordering Service

No need to phone both the Surgery and the Pharmacy! WE can order your Repeat Prescription and deliver it to you, or have it ready to collect from this Pharmacy. To order your Repeat Prescription, telephone us or simply drop your repeat slip into this Pharmacy:

0191 386 4101

Opening Hours

Shop
Pharmacy
Monday:
09.00 - 18.00
Monday:
09.00 - 12.30 14.00 - 18.00
Tuesday:
09.00 - 18.00
Tuesday:
09.00 - 12.30 14.00 - 18.00
Wednesday:
09.00 - 18.00
Wednesday:
09.00 - 12.30 14.00 - 18.00
Thursday:
09.00 - 18.00
Thursday:
09.00 - 12.30 14.00 - 18.00
Friday:
09.00 - 18.00
Friday:
09.00 - 12.30 14.00 - 18.00
Saturday:
09.00 - 12.30
Saturday:
09.00 - 12.30
Sunday:
Closed		 Sunday:
Closed

Services available from this Pharmacy

Repeat Prescription Collection
FREE Prescription Collection and Delivery
Free Blood Pressure Screening
Cholesterol Screening
Diabetes Screening
Medication Use Review
Smoking Cessation
Stop smoking "drop in" service for patients registered with a GP in the Durham and Chester-le-Street area, from 9.00am to 11.30am every Saturday
Weight Management
Healthy Start vouchers accepted
Emergency Hormonal Contraception 
C-Card Scheme: free condoms, sexual health advice and support for young people

Free medication for patients who do not pay for their prescriptions for the following conditions:

  • Athletes foot
  • Constipation
  • Contact Dermatitis
  • Diarrhoea
  • Hayfever
  • Headache/fever
  • Headlice
  • Indigestion/heartburn
  • Nasal congestion
  • Sore throat
  • Thrush
  • Threadworm
  • Teething
Independent Living supplies
Palliative care
Pregnancy testing
Pre-registration Pharmacist Training

Pharmacists

Mr. Julian Beaumont
RPS Reg: 80630
First registered: 27/07/87
GPhC Registration: 2033505

Branch 09

Map

All NHS Pharmacies provide
the following services
Supplying medicines and appliances ordered on NHS and Private Prescription
Dispensing repeatable NHS prescriptions for medicines and appliances
Accepting unwanted medicines from households and individuals and ensuring safe disposal
Giving advice on lifestyle and public health issues and promoting public health messages
Providing information to people requiring support, advice or treatment which cannot be provided by the pharmacy concerning other health and social care providers or support organisations
Providing advice and support to enable people to derive maximum benefit from caring for themselves or their families 

History of this branch

M. Whitfield Ltd.'s first Pharmacy in Durham City opened in 1941 in Empire Buildings, Sherburn Road and was originally managed by Miss. Mary Whitfield, the daughter of the company's founder, Mr. Joseph Strachan Whitfield. In 1942, Mary Whitfield married Mr. John Grundy, a Pharmacist she had met at Sunderland School of Pharmacy.

In 1954, the Pharmacy transferred to a new acquisition at 18 Sunderland Road, Gilesgate. In 1965 we were notified that this property was to be compulsorily purchased as part of a redevelopment plan by Durham Council. M. Whitfield Ltd. therefore purchased four small cottages (34,35,36 and 37 Sunderland Road, Gilesgate) from the Church Commissioners, and applied for planning permission to convert these into shop premises. Durham County Council turned down the application, and it was only after a public enquiry (supported by Durham City Council) that we eventually obtained planning permission. The photo below shows 18 Gilesgate shortly before it was demolished.

The Pharmacy was built during 1966-67. Mr. Alan Milligan replaced the original Pharmacist/Manager Mr. Harvey Bergson in 1967.