High blood pressure gives you no symptoms and no warning. A quick five-minute check at Chapel Pharmacy on Chapel Lane shows you where you stand. It’s free if you qualify.
More than one in four adults in England has high blood pressure. A large share of them have no idea, because raised readings cause no pain and no obvious signs.
Left alone, that pressure damages the arteries quietly over years. It sits behind a large proportion of heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure, and vascular dementia in the UK.
Catching it early changes the picture completely. Most people bring their numbers down with everyday changes, and where medication is needed, it is often one tablet a day.
There is a second reason to get checked while you feel fine. One reading gives your GP a baseline to work from.
Numbers tracked over several years are far more useful than a single figure taken during an appointment about something else.
who have never been diagnosed with high blood pressure. This is the main NHS group, and you can simply walk in and ask.
can get a free check at the pharmacist's choice if they have risk factors, like a family history of high blood pressure. Otherwise, a private check is £10.
Bring the referral or the text message with you, and tell us whether the surgery asked for a single reading or 24-hour monitoring.
Not sure which group you fall into? Ask at the counter. We check the criteria first and tell you straight away whether the NHS covers your visit.
One high reading in a pharmacy proves very little on its own. Blood pressure rises and falls all day, and plenty of people read high simply because they are sitting in a clinical room.
So when a reading comes back raised, we offer ABPM. You wear a small monitor that takes readings automatically while you go about a completely normal day.
You bring it back the following morning. We pull off the report, work out your daytime average, and send the result to your GP.
The monitoring is free on the NHS for eligible patients. NICE asks for ABPM before hypertension is diagnosed, which is why an average across 24 hours counts for far more than one number on a screen.
Book online through our SimplyBook system, and you get a protected time slot with no queue. Walk-ins are welcome as well, and we fit you in around dispensing.
You sit down with a pharmacist behind a closed door. We take at least two readings, then ask about your health, your family history, and any medicines you take.
We explain the results immediately. You may leave reassured, wear an ABPM monitor, or be referred to your GP. High readings prompt same-day contact with your surgery and urgent care if necessary.
Every reading has two numbers, one written over the other. The top number, systolic, is the pressure as your heart pumps. The bottom number, diastolic, is the pressure between beats.
Adults over 80 have a treatment threshold of 150/90 instead of 140/90. Daytime averages of 135/85 or higher confirm hypertension, as per NICE.
We have looked after Farnborough families for over 30 years and hold a 4.9 out of 5 rating across our Google reviews.
Your reading is taken behind a closed door rather than at the counter, so there is rarely any wait for a room.
Three full-time pharmacists work here, two of them independent prescribers, so clinical questions get a proper answer on the spot.
No second referral and no waiting list before your 24-hour monitoring starts. We fit the device here.
Turn up whenever it suits you, or reserve a protected slot through our online booking system and skip the queue completely.
Your reading goes to the surgery from us, so the number lands on your record without you chasing anybody.
Free parking, a bus stop directly outside the door, and step-free access for wheelchairs and pushchairs.
If you’re interested in any of the services we offer, you’re welcome to reach out. We’d love to see you at Chapel Pharmacy.
Come and see why families in Farnborough have trusted Chapel Pharmacy with their health for over 30 years. We're here for you.
Yes, limited parking is available. The Fox Inn pub also has ample parking space across the road.
A bus stop is located near the front of the pharmacy.
Trusted by generations of families in Farnborough.
Absolutely amazing all very polite and helpful. I had a dizzy/ faint spell (due to a condition I have) in there collecting my son’s medicine and she was brilliant with me& waited till my numbers went back to normal and made sure me and my son was both okay. I can’t thank them enough.
Can not belive how helpful and cheerful all the staff are, always greet you with a smile,great chemist everything you need, and if they havent got it, they will get it for you, nothing is ever a bother! 😁, thank you for all your help and advice. …
Lansdowne Pharmacy are absolutely fantastic, they go above and beyond to ensure prescriptions are dealt with correctly and ready for collection or delivery under regular and unforeseen circumstances. The ladies at the front are always friendly, polite and so so helpful.
Excellent local pharmacy. Pharmacist is extremely helpful. Even sorted out my prescription with the surgery.
Highly recommended
No. Any adult can have a check with us, although we do need your GP details to send the result on to your record.
Yes. Bring the machine in, and we will take a reading on our validated device and compare it against yours in the same sitting.
Yes. We will take the reading, though a raised result in pregnancy needs same day review by your midwife or maternity unit.
Every five years once you pass 40 if your reading is healthy. Every twelve months if it sits in the slightly raised band.
No. The cuff tightens firmly around your upper arm for roughly 30 seconds, which feels strange rather than painful, then releases by itself.
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Book online and take a protected slot at a time that suits you, or walk in and speak to a pharmacist today.
