For this week’s check in with Pharmacist Elizabeth Roddick from New Life Pharmacy in Glasgow we thought it would be good to find out all about shingles, what it is about the shingles vaccine and should we take it if we are offered the vaccine?

Elizabeth began by telling our Toby Davey what shingles is and the relationship between shingles and chickenpox, whether you can catch shingles from chicken pox and what types of treatment might there be for shingles.

Elizabeth ended by giving her advice on whether you should take the shingles vaccine if you are offered it. 

You can find more information about shingles and the shingles vaccine by visiting the following pages of the NHS website - 

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/shingles-vaccination

To get in touch with Elizabeth Roddick email  [email protected] or for more information visit https://newlifepharmacy.co.uk.

Image:  Picture showing Elizabeth standing in her pharmacy, dressed in her white pharmacist coat and a colourful bandana around her neck, she's smiling. warmly at the camera with her hands slightly raised.