Comprehensive Pharmacy Health Services
in Abermain
Our pharmacy health services in Abermain are each handled by a pharmacist at 193 Cessnock Road. We offer a wide range of services to support your wellbeing, including prescription dispensing, medication advice, vaccinations, health consultations, and everyday health essentials. Our friendly pharmacists are here to provide expert guidance and personalised care for every customer.
Vaccination services
Pharmacist immunisers give walk-in vaccinations on weekdays during store hours, subject to availability, and some vaccines are free for eligible people under government programs. Start with the vaccination services overview or go straight to the one you need. Each vaccine has its own minimum age under NSW rules, from 2 years for the flu shot up to 18 years for shingles and pneumococcal vaccines.
Flu Vaccine
Walk-in flu shots on weekdays, free for eligible people under the National Immunisation Program.
Shingles Vaccine
Shingrix for adults 18 and over, given as two doses and free for eligible people under the NIP.
RSV Vaccine
For older adults and for pregnant women from 28 weeks. Some people can get it free under the NIP.
Whooping Cough Vaccine
Boosters in pregnancy, for family and carers of newborns, and for any adults who are due one.
Travel Vaccinations
Hepatitis, typhoid, polio, rabies, meningococcal and Japanese encephalitis vaccines for your trip.
Pneumonia Vaccine
The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for adults 18 and over, free for eligible people under the NIP.
Covid Vaccine
COVID-19 vaccine doses for people aged 5 and over, with a free dose for those who are eligible.
Meningococcal Vaccine
ACWY and B vaccines from age 5 for teenagers, young adults, travellers and people at higher risk.
Hepatitis A & B Vaccine
Separate or combined hepatitis A and B courses for travellers, workers and people at higher risk.
Typhoid Vaccine
An injection from age 5 or capsules from age 6, for trips to South or Southeast Asia or the Pacific.
Polio Vaccine
Adult boosters before travel or healthcare work, or catch-up doses if you missed them as a child.
Rabies Vaccine
Pre-exposure doses from age 5 for travellers and bat handlers. See a doctor urgently after a bite.
Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine
For travel to Asia and PNG or time outdoors in NSW risk areas, from age 5. Ask if you get it free.
Medication management
These services help you take the right medicine at the right time, with a free Webster-pak and free local delivery among them. The medication management overview explains how they fit together. Whichever you start with, tell the pharmacist about everything you take, vitamins and supplements included, so the advice rests on the full picture.
Webster-Pak (Free)
Free Webster-pak packing: your regular medicines sealed into one pack and set out by dose time.
Prescriptions & eScripts
Fill paper scripts and eScripts at Abermain Chemist, Cessnock Road, with help on tokens and repeats.
Medication Reviews
A pharmacist goes through your prescription and over-the-counter medicines and supplements with you.
Free Medication Delivery
Your scripts and Webster-paks brought free to you in Abermain, Cessnock, Weston and Kurri Kurri.
Asthma Management
A pharmacist checks your inhaler technique and helps you choose and use a spacer the right way.
Health checks and screening
Quick checks can pick up a problem that has no symptoms yet. A screening result is not a diagnosis, so the pharmacist will tell you when it is worth following up with your GP. See the health checks overview for how the four fit together. The checks are free, and a blood glucose screen takes around a minute.
Blood Pressure Check
Pop in for a free, quick reading of your blood pressure, with a pharmacist to explain the numbers.
Diabetes Monitoring
A quick finger-prick blood glucose screen, with a written copy of your result to take to your GP.
Stroke Risk Assessment
A quick check of your risk factors with personalised advice, plus the F.A.S.T. signs of stroke.
Weight Management Support
Talk through goals, nutrition and portion sizes with a pharmacist and leave with a realistic plan.
Pharmacist services
These two services cover moments that cannot wait for a doctor's appointment, and the pharmacist services overview has more on each. Naloxone kits are free, and a certificate covers a short absence from work or study caused by a minor illness.
Take Home Naloxone
No prescription needed. A quick consultation and a free kit that can reverse an opioid overdose.
Work Absence Certificate
Walk in for a certificate from a pharmacist for a short-term minor illness. No appointment needed.
Using our pharmacy health services in Abermain
Most services work on a walk-in basis during opening hours. If you want to be sure a pharmacist is free, or you are not sure which service suits you, ring the pharmacy first and the team will point you the right way.
Bring with you: your Medicare card, any medicines you take, and your vaccination history if you are coming in for a vaccine.
Beyond these services, Abermain Chemist stocks everyday health essentials and backs its prices with a Price Match Guarantee: found it cheaper, and we will match it or beat it.
Do I need a GP referral for any of these?
No. The one exception is a Home Medicines Review, carried out by a pharmacist in your home, which is arranged through your doctor, as explained on the medication review page.
What if my problem is urgent?
For chest pain, trouble breathing, signs of stroke or a severe allergic reaction, call 000. A pharmacy is not the place for an emergency.
For health advice when we are closed, call the healthdirect helpline on 1800 022 222, 24 hours a day.
