Terms & Conditions

This website is owned and run by NationWide Pharmacies Limited, registered address is Unit 1, Riverside Business Centre, Victoria Street, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 2LT (‘NationWide Pharmacies/‘we’ /‘us’/‘our’). Registration number 7351582. The Website Owner, including subsidiaries and affiliates provides the information contained on this website or any of the pages comprising the website ("website") to visitors ("visitors") (cumulatively referred to as "you" or "your" hereinafter) subject to the terms and conditions set out in these website terms and conditions, the privacy policy and any other relevant terms and conditions, policies and notices which may be applicable to a specific section or module of this website.

• Shipping & Delivery
• Privacy & Security
• Returns & Replacements
• Payment, Pricing & Promotions
• Online Doctor Service & Prescriptions
• Legal Information

Information on the Website:

Whilst every effort is made to update the information contained on this website, neither the Website Owner nor any third party or data or content provider make any representations or warranties, whether express, implied in law or residual, as to the sequence, accuracy, completeness or reliability of information, opinions, research information, data and/or content contained (written or images) on the website (including but not limited to any information which may be provided by any third party or data or content providers) ("information") and shall not be bound in any manner by any information contained on the website. the Website Owner reserves the right at any time to change or discontinue without notice, any aspect or feature of this website. No information shall be construed as advice and information is offered for information purposes only and is not intended for trading purposes. You and your company rely on the information contained on this website at your own risk. This website should not be used as a replacement for advice from a medical professional. If you find an error or omission at this site, please let us know.

Whilst we make every effort to ensure product images are accurate, they should be considered for illustrative purposes only.

Shipping & Delivery:

When placing your order with NationWide Pharmacies customers must provide accurate delivery information. NationWide Pharmacies does not accept responsibility for lost orders due to inaccurate delivery information.

All delivery times are estimates and not guaranteed. Delivery costs are listed below and NationWide Pharmacies reserve the right to review and change them at any time.

Prescription Medicines can only be delivered to addresses in the UK and mainland Europe.

Due to legal requirements we cannot send prescription medications to Belgium, Spain, France, Ireland or Austria. In the case of France this includes pregnancy tests.

UK Delivery

Prescription Orders

All private prescription orders and non-prescription orders over £35 in value are delivered free of charge.

All private prescription orders are delivered by Royal Mail 1^st Class or you can choose Guaranteed Next Day delivery.  A signature may be required on delivery for POM (prescription only medicine) orders. All POM orders can only be despatched once they have been cleared by our doctor. All prescriptions are reviewed by our doctor within 24 hours and normal delivery will take 2-5 days.

NHS Prescription Orders

All NHS prescription orders are delivered free of charge by Royal Mail 1^st Class delivery service. A signature may be required for some NHS prescription orders. All NHS orders can only be despatched once they have been clincaly checked and dispenced by our pharmacy. 

Non Prescription Orders

For over the counter (non POM) orders under £35 in value, we charge £4 for UK delivery based and total cost of the order, regardless of how many items you order. Standard delivery is sent Royal Mail 1^st Class and will normally take 2-5 days. The vast majority of orders are dispatched either on the same day or the following day.

If your order includes both over the counter and POM items the order will be sent free of charge where the total value of the order is over £35. Your total order will be despatched once your POM items have been approved by our doctor. Your order will be delivered by Royal Mail 1^st Class signed. A signature will be required on receipt of your order.

Order Insurance

Our insured delivery service provides full cover against loss or theft. In the event that your goods are lost or stolen in the post you will be entitled to a choice of a full refund or the goods replaced at no extra cost. Goods will be considered possibly lost or stolen if they have not been received at the delivery address within 30 days of the shipment date. Once the 30 day period has passed a trace will be instigated by the postal services. Once the postal services have confirmed that the parcel is lost a full refund or replacement will be issued. In the event that the postal services report the goods have been correctly delivered, this will be final and binding and a refund will not be issued. In this case all relevant information will be passed to the customer so they can pursue the matter further with the postal services.

Delayed & Lost Orders

Delayed and lost orders can only be investigated and confirmed after 30 working days from the original delivery due date. If an item is undelivered customers should check with their local Royal Mail Delivery Office in the first instance. To find your nearest Royal Mail Delivery Office you can contact the Royal Mail on 0845 6050767. This automated service will give you the address and opening hours of your nearest Delivery Office.

Privacy & Security:

This privacy policy sets out how Nationwide Pharmacies uses and protects any information that you give Nationwide Pharmacies when you use this website. Nationwide Pharmacies is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. Nationwide Pharmacies may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

• name
• contact information including email address
• demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
• other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

For the exhaustive list of cookies we collect see the List of cookies we collect section.

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

• Internal record keeping.
• We may use the information to improve our products and services.
• We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
• From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

• whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
• if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at no-reply@www.nationwidepharmacies.co.uk

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to Nationwide Pharmacies Limited, Unit 1. Riverside Business Centre Victoria Street, High Wycombe, Bucks HP11 2LT, United Kingdom.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

 

Returns & Replacements

We want you to be delighted with your order and our service. If you are unhappy with your order for any reason and you wish to return items you must contact NationWide Pharmacies by email explaining why you wish to return or exchange the items. This must be received by NationWide Pharmacies within 7 days of receiving your order. Once notified you must return your items within 30 days of the delivery date. NationWide Pharmacies will not refund your order unless the item(s) are in saleable condition upon return. You will be liable for the cost of returning items to us. We highly recommend that items are returned via a Recorded Delivery service as we do not accept responsibility for items lost in the post. It is your responsibility to ensure the goods are adequately packaged to ensure that they are not damaged during return transit.

PLEASE NOTE THAT PRODUCTS MAY NOT BE RETURNED IF THEY HAVE BEEN OPENED OR USED. PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES CANNOT BE RETURNED FOR REASONS OF HYGIENE.

Payment, Pricing & Promotions

The price of the goods ordered will be the price shown in UK pounds at the time of the order on the product pages of this site. The cost of delivery, packaging and purchase price will be clearly displayed on the buy page before the customer commits to the order and will be the full and final amount due for the order. Credit cards are processed in UK pounds for UK credit card holders. For credit cards that use other currencies such as Euro's our site uses "Dynamic Currency Conversion" which will identify the currency that your card is billed in and use real time official bank exchange rates to convert from UK pounds to the currency of the card being used, this ensures you get the best possible exchange rate available at time of purchase. The exact amount of the purchase will then be displayed in the currency of your credit card before you commit to the purchase and will be the full and final amount due for the order that will be charged to your card.

In providing payment card details, you confirm that you are authorised to use the card and authorise us to take payment in full for the applicable prescription charges, postage and packing charges and any other charges that become due to us under these terms. Refunds, if applicable, will only be made to using the payment gateway and/or card originally used for payment.

All our products are Duty and VAT (value added tax) paid in the EU and therefore, as per articles 8 and 9 EU directive 92-12-EEC, will not attract further duties or taxes for EU residents. Any additional duties or taxes payable by customers outside the EU is the sole responsibility and liability of the customer. IMPORTANT. in the unlikely event that individual EU countries should apply additional duties, taxes or restrictions over and above those defined by EU Council directives, they will be the sole responsibility and liability of the customer.

 

Online Doctor & Prescription Services

NationWide Pharmacies Online Doctor Services are provided by a GMC Registered Doctor. You agree that all information given in the medical questionnaire is accurate and truthful. You agree that your prescription order is for your own personal use and that you will not be shared with another person(s). When you submit your medical questionnaire you agree to our doctor prescribing you with the requested treatment. You agree that treatments prescribed are not guaranteed to treat your condition.

You must be over the age of 18 years of age to use our Online Doctor Service

All information provided by you must be truthful and accurate in order for our doctor to be able to make full and accurate diagnosis. Where information provided by you is considered incomplete you will be contacted for clarification before your order can be processed.

Our doctors prescription advice is based on the information that you have provided in our medical questionnaire. Our doctors are regulated by the GMC (General Medical Council) and are bound by the GMC Good Practice in Prescribing Medicine.

You agree that medication prescribed by NationWide Pharmacies is for your own personal use and not for the use of other person(s).

You agree that you will carefully read all relevant information provided with the product. If you are uncertain of how to take your prescribed medicine you agree to contact our pharmacist at pharmacist@www.nationwidepharmacies.co.uk

NationWide Pharmacies and our GMC registered doctor will under no circumstances accept liability for any loss or damage, in contract negligence or otherwise, where there is no breach of a legal duty of care owed to you by us, or the loss or damage is not a reasonably foreseeable result of any such breach or any loss or damage or increased risk of loss or damage results from a breach by you of these terms and conditions.

In particular we are not responsible for:

loss or damage caused by you providing inaccurate or incomplete information;
loss of your emotional well-being including, but not limited to, any embarrassment caused;
loss of income or anticipated profits;
loss of opportunity;
loss of goodwill or injury to reputation;
losses suffered by third parties; or
any indirect, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising from the use of the service regardless of the form of action.

Nothing in these terms and conditions excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence o for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation. Nothing in these terms and conditions affects your statutory rights

Legal Information

NationWide Pharmacies makes no claims or representations that any or all of the content on this website, or the Online Doctor service may be lawfully viewed, downloaded or used outside the United Kingdom. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the content, this website and the Online Doctor service is directed solely at users who access this website from within the United Kingdom. 

We are legally only able to dispense medicines to You where we have received a valid prescription issued by a registered prescriber within the European Economic Area. Prescriptions are issued entirely at the discretion of the prescriber. 

These Terms and Conditions are subject to the laws of England and Wales and each of us hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AT ANY TIME. ALL CHANGES WILL BE VALID WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.