Choose well
This high profile awareness campaign is designed to help people get the best possible treatment by selecting the service that is right for them. By choosing well, people can help to reduce the burden on essential emergency services.
**Christmas and New Year pharmacy opening times** 2011/12
Pharmacies can provide over the counter medicine, advice and support for a range of conditions such as coughs, colds, sore throats, headaches, heartburn or indigestion, stomach upsets and eczema.
Pharmacy services are still available over the holiday period, even on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. To find out which pharmacies are open in your area on the bank holidays, click on the links below:
Choose the right local NHS service...
Primary care organisations across the north east have joined together to develop the Choose Well campaign and a variety of campaign materials are available to all NHS and partner organisations in the region, with the aim of reaching as many people as possible with the Choose Well message.
To find details of your local NHS services visit:
NHS North of Tyne
NHS South of Tyne and Wear
NHS County Durham and Darlington
NHS Teesside
or visit NHS Choices
