May Bank Holiday 2023

Emergency Contraception

If you need Emergency Contraception (EC/Morning after pill) please contact your GP’s out of hours service, local NHS walk in centre/ Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) Wycombe Hospital or your local pharmacist/chemist.

Buckinghamshire Community Pharmacies provide Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC) – free for all women aged 13+, see here for a list of community pharmacies in Buckinghamshire. Please check pharmacy website for opening hours over the holiday period. Please note for Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC) you MUST call the pharmacy prior to attending to confirm the appropriate pharmacist is on duty

Post Exposure Prophylaxis

If you need assessment for post exposure prophylaxis (PEPSE), please attend any A & E department (Stoke Mandeville Hospital)

Book appointments online

Some appointments can be booked online here

bSHaW Telephone Services will be available from 9am the following day– 0300 303 2880

Or Email buc-tr.bhtbshaw@nhs.net, we will reply as quickly as possible.

South East of England Pharmacies

Pharmacy opening times on Monday 1st May and Monday 8th May can be found here for Buckinghamshire – Pharmacy Opening Times – 1 & 8 May 2023, and for neighbouring counties, Oxfordshire – Pharmacy Opening Times – 1 & 8 May 2023 and Berkshire – Pharmacy Opening Times – 1 & 8 May 2023

A map of the pharmacies that will be open on the Bank Holidays has been created by NHS England, Pharmacies, anybody can access the map via the link: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1UAz1Wx4517FjHW7b1CU3y_4buLV0BjY&usp=sharing