Wansford Pharmacy offers a medication supply service specifically for Care and Nursing Homes. The service is designed to ensure that you receive the correct medicines for your residents at the right time.
The service is designed for Care and Nursing Homes varying in size from 5 to over 120 residents.
Features of the service include:
Monthly Order Process Our monthly supply service allows you to confirm your order prior to a new cycle. Our quality control procedures ensure prescriptions match exactly against requested quantities and doses. We can also inform of missing items and changes in advance before the monthly supply is due.
Checking of Medication The paperwork that accompanies your monthly delivery is specially designed to help you check in the medication supply quickly and accurately.
7 Days a Week, 365 Days a Year Contact us 7 days a week, 365 days per year. In some areas, we also deliver every day on weekdays. This means that prescriptions received at various cut off times are dispensed and dispatched promptly with the next outgoing driver.
Dispensing Quality
Our dispensing procedures have been designed to cater for the specific needs of your Care or Nursing Home. Our service includes large stock holding to minimise out of stocks, MAR charts for interim supplies, controlled drugs handling procedures, expiry date labels on dispensed medication and a photograph of the product.
Further Information
For further information on our Care and Nursing Home services please contact us.
Weight Loss Service
We provide a weight loss service from the pharmacy; please get in touch for more details.
Emergency Hormonal Contraception
Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC) is available following a confidential discussion with the pharmacist. Talk to the pharmacist without delay, as this is only available up to 120 hours after the event.
Stop Smoking Service
If you wish to give up smoking, get in touch with the pharmacy. We have pharmacy staff trained as advisors and they can provide support to help you give up smoking.
NHS New Medicines Service
All patients prescribed a new medication to treat a long-term condition will be provided early support by the pharmacy to maximise the benefit of the new medication prescribed.
Holiday Healthcare
We can advise and supply all your medical requirements for travellers, including anti malaria treatments.
Medicine and Equipment Sales
We keep a wide range of over-the-counter medicines and also vitamins and mineral supplements.
We can supply a range of equipment for health maintenance such as
Blood Pressure Monitors
Pregnancy Testing Kits
And more
We can also order any product upon request at competitive prices.
Medicine Containers
All medicines are dispensed in child resistant containers unless you request us not to.
Non-urgent advice: Please remember
Keep all medicines out of reach and sight of children.
Our team can advise you on safe storage of medicines.
Emergency Supplies
We are committed to ensure our patients never go without their medication. If you need one of your regular medicines in an emergency, when you are unable to contact your doctor, we may be able to help. Call us if you need emergency help.
We must stress that this can only be done in genuine emergencies. We DO NOT charge for this service if you are registered with any of the local GP practices. If you would like more information about any of the services mentioned, please ask a member of staff or telephone the number above.
Repeat Dispensing
We can dispense NHS repeat dispensing prescriptions issued by your doctor. Ask us for more information about this service.