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Royal pharmacy gets a makeover

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Royal pharmacy gets a makeover

John Bell & Croyden, one of the oldest and most illustrious pharmacies in Britain, has re-launched following a multi-million pound refurbishment and now features a pioneering First-Care Walk In Clinic.

Located on Wigmore Street in central London, the Queen's pharmacy, which first opened in 1798, has reinvented itself as a "one-stop health and wellbeing emporium". In keeping with its long tradition of innovation, the new-look pharmacy offers a vast range of holistic health and wellbeing services and products, including access to prescribing pharmacists as well as other healthcare professionals, including a dental hygienist, osteopath, podiatrist and trichologist. The pharmacy team can also administer first aid and treat injuries such as sprains and strains, insect bites or stings, burns, cuts, grazes and blisters.

These changes follow a new report from John Bell & Croyden’s parent company Celesio UK that revealed the true extent of the commuter ‘health trap’ in London. 44 per cent of Londoners are frustrated with the struggle to book a GP appointment that works with their schedule and 71 per cent would consider visiting a pharmacy first for advice to avoid taking time off of work to see their GP, while 62 per cent of London’s commuters would value a health advice service available at a pharmacy that they could access on their way to work.

"Our vision was to create a modern and distinctive pharmacy destination, combining technology and innovation to meet the health and wellbeing needs of every Londoner, commuter and visitor," said Cormac Tobin, managing director of Celesio UK. “For too long, Londoners have seen GPs or A&E as the only means of accessing health advice and treatment, with the day-to-day health support that pharmacy can provide often overlooked or misunderstood… Our hope is for John Bell & Croyden to spearhead a new era in the role that pharmacists can play in modern healthcare.”

Officially re-opening the pharmacy on September 22, actor Richard E Grant described the pharmacy as "a truly British institution, one of London’s best kept secrets and one of the world’s greatest pharmacies."

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