Community Pharmacy · Apteek

BayKem Pharmacy.

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The BayKem Pharmacy team at the Gordons Bay branch

The Pharmacy

The corner pharmacy, the way you remember it.

BayKem Pharmacy (Apteek to half the neighbourhood) is a community pharmacy on Lancaster Rd, Gordons Bay Central, on the False Bay coast in the Helderberg.

The promise has never needed a rewrite: quality products, great service, and a genuine effort to exceed every customer's needs. It shows in the simplest way, almost all of BayKem's customers come back.

New faces are always welcome, in English or in Afrikaans, whichever you walk in with.

Core Values

What we stand for.

Trust

Sound advice, every time

Care

People before prescriptions

Accessibility

Nearby, open, easy to reach

Community

Rooted in Strand & Gordon's Bay

The Counter

Everything a community pharmacy should be.

Six counters, one team that knows you by name. Tap a card to see what to expect and what to bring.

The Kodak Corner

Prints, plans and passport photos.

The photo counter that never let the town's albums die.

A full Kodak counter inside the pharmacy: bring a phone, a memory card, a USB or the plans for the new stoep, and leave with the printed thing.

01 Photo prints
02 Canvas prints
03 ID & passport photos
04 Building plans
05 Stickers & banners
06 Business cards
07 T-shirt branding
08 Mugs & gifts

…and much more, ask at the counter.

Ask about a print job

Find Us

Find the pharmacy.

Gordons Bay, Helderberg, right on the False Bay coast.

The Pharmacy

Gordons Bay

Lancaster Rd, Gordons Bay Central

Cape Town, 7151

Call the counter
021 856 1388
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Gordons Bay Central
Opening hours

Mondays to Saturdays: 08:15–18:00
Sundays: 10:00–15:00
Public holidays: 10:00–15:00

Clinic hours

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, plus every second Saturday: 08:30–16:00

Frequently asked questions

Here to answer your questions

The things our customers often wonder about: scripts, hours, medical aid, and the Kodak corner.

Bring it to the counter on Lancaster Rd, Gordons Bay Central. The pharmacist checks and prepares it for collection; bring the original along where the regulations require it.

Yes. Monthly chronic repeats (blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes and other ongoing medicine) are prepared at the dispensary, and the team will advise on your medical aid's chronic authorisation process.

Bring your medical aid card and the counter will advise for your scheme when you visit; billing arrangements are confirmed in store. Call 021 856 1388 if you'd like to check before coming in.

Lancaster Rd, Gordons Bay Central, Cape Town, 7151, on the False Bay coast in the Helderberg.

The pharmacy is open Mondays to Saturdays 08:15–18:00, Sundays 10:00–15:00, and public holidays 10:00–15:00. The clinic runs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, plus every second Saturday, 08:30–16:00.

Yes, the Kodak counter does ID and passport photos, plus photo and canvas prints, building plans, stickers, banners, business cards, t-shirt branding and mugs.

The pharmacy serves Gordons Bay and the greater Helderberg, though anyone passing along the False Bay coast is welcome. Ask at the counter about collection and delivery arrangements for regular customers.

The pharmacy is not an emergency service. In an emergency call 10177 for an ambulance or 112 from any mobile phone. For poisoning, call the Poisons Information Helpline on 0861 555 777. For urgent after-hours medicine, go to your nearest 24-hour pharmacy or emergency unit.

Get In Touch

We're happy to help.

Scripts, chronic queries, print jobs, or the thing only a pharmacist can answer, send it through and the team will come back to you.

We'd rather you didn't send prescriptions or personal medical details through this form; please bring them to the counter instead. This form is just for general enquiries.

Call the pharmacy
021 856 1388

Gordons Bay

Email the dispensary
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Scripts and general enquiries.

Opening hours

Mon–Sat: 08:15–18:00
Sun: 10:00–15:00
Public holidays: 10:00–15:00

Clinic hours

Mon, Wed, Fri & every 2nd Sat: 08:30–16:00

Emergencies

The pharmacy is not an emergency service. In an emergency call 10177 (ambulance) or 112 (from any mobile). Poisons Information Helpline: 0861 555 777.