Kiveton PharmacyIf you are worried that your vitamin B12 may be low, you can book a private assessment with a Pharmacist at Kiveton Pharmacy. The Pharmacist will ask about your symptoms, diet, medicines and any recent blood tests, and will only prescribe and give an injection if it is suitable for you.
Vitamin B12 deficiency can be caused by diet, by problems absorbing the vitamin, or by other medical conditions. Severe, unexplained or worsening symptoms — especially marked weakness, confusion, visual change or new pins and needles — should be assessed by your GP or NHS 111 rather than by a private wellness visit.
Vitamin B12 (also called cobalamin) is needed to make red blood cells and to keep the nervous system working normally. The NHS notes that low vitamin B12 can be linked with tiredness, pins and needles, a sore or red tongue, mouth ulcers, pale or yellow skin, and problems with memory or judgement. Those symptoms have many other causes as well.
Some people cannot absorb enough B12 from food or tablets, for example after certain stomach or bowel conditions or surgery, or in pernicious anaemia. In those situations, intramuscular vitamin B12 is a standard, licensed treatment. The form used in UK NHS practice is hydroxocobalamin, given by injection into a muscle.
If an injection is suitable, the Pharmacist will explain the licensed vitamin B12 injection they propose to use. In UK practice this is commonly hydroxocobalamin.
A blood test is useful if you have one, and you are welcome to bring the result. The Pharmacist can still assess you if you do not. We will not treat everyone who books, and we will explain if you would be better seeing your GP first.
People who have been told their B12 is low, or who have recent blood results to bring with them.
People who follow a vegan or vegetarian diet, because B12 is found mainly in animal foods.
People who take medicines that can reduce B12 over time, such as metformin or some acid-reducing medicines. Please mention all your medicines, including those for long-term conditions.
People who have a gut condition, coeliac disease, Crohn’s disease, or who have had weight-loss or stomach surgery.
People who previously had NHS injections and want to discuss a private appointment. The Pharmacist will check whether that is appropriate.
We will not treat everyone who books. If you would be better seeing your GP first, the Pharmacist will explain.
Appointments usually take around 15 minutes. How often injections are given depends on the reason they are used. NHS guidance for confirmed deficiency is individual. The Pharmacist will not set a timetable until they have assessed you.
Book online or call 01909 268 001. Same-day times are sometimes available.
The Pharmacist reviews your health, medicines and any results you bring.
If an injection is suitable, it is prescribed, prepared and given in the same visit, usually into the upper arm.
You stay for a short check, and the Pharmacist explains whether a further appointment may be needed.
Kiveton Pharmacy is registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (premises 1102063) and with the NHS (ODS FJG89). Jawad Khan is Superintendent Pharmacist and Independent Prescriber (GPhC 2082861). See also About us, pharmacy registration, services and contact us.
Prices are for the appointment and, where supplied, the treatment. The medicine used, when an injection is given, is discussed at the appointment.
You do not need a GP referral to book. A recent blood test is helpful if you have one. Treatment is given only if it is suitable.
The clinic is at 7–8 The Square, Kiveton Park, Sheffield S26 5QN. People visit from Sheffield, Rotherham, Worksop and the surrounding villages, including Wales, Todwick, Harthill, Anston and Dinnington. Open Monday to Friday 09:00–17:30 and Saturday 10:00–13:00.
Book a private Pharmacist vitamin B12 assessment at Kiveton Pharmacy. Treatment only if suitable.
Kiveton Pharmacy, 7–8 The Square, Kiveton Park, Sheffield S26 5QN. 01909 268 001.
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