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Spirit Pharmacy is the UK's only home delivery pharmacy
offering tailored services for people living with diabetes.
Their mission is to make accessing advice, education,
medication and helpful items as simple as possible for
people living with all types of diabetes. As the current
UK lockdown eases, and the country opens up again,
Spirit have pledged to keep services such as blister
pack dispensing & delivery free, whereas many local
pharmacies may have to begin charging for delivery again
as people return to visiting their counters.
Zara Syed, Chief Pharmacist, says, "For many
people, treating their diabetes alongside other complex
conditions they may have, means taking several different
medications every day. Lots of our customers are on at
least six regular medications or more, with some on up to
30-plus. Many of these are in pill form, alongside injected
medications such as insulin."
When you're on a high number of tablets, it can be
increasingly hard to remember what to take and when,
especially with different doses for each medication.
Doling out the pills for the morning, lunchtime, teatime
and bedtime can be a bit tricky for yourself, your
family members, or carers. "That's why we encourage
our customers on 6 different daily tablets or more to
take advantage of our free blister pack dispensing and
delivery service, continues Syed. "Blister packs are
handy plastic containers that split your medicines into
little compartments for different times throughout the
day. Our highly qualified pharmacists ensure that each
compartment has the right medicines for each time
period, so you simply 'pop' the blister and take your
meds. It eliminates the need to fiddle around with lots of
different bottles, peering at the labels, and removes the
risk of getting the dosage wrong."
The Spirit Pharmacy service dispenses tablets into
these blister packs for free, delivering them safely and
quickly to your doorstep for no charge. "Our customers
really appreciate the extra help, and the time saved having
to dish out the medications themselves," says Syed, "It's
particularly useful for people with arthritis, poor eyesight,
or memory issues, but is available to anyone on several
medications who simply wants the convenience. Our team
have years of experience helping people with diabetes
and take additional training in caring for people with the
condition, in order to offer the best advice."
For new customers who join Spirit Pharmacy, there's a
Live Well With Diabetes welcome package. This includes
useful materials such as heel cream, foot care guides,
hypo kits, monthly tracker sheets, and ideas for healthy
food swaps. These helpful items can have a big impact on
wellbeing for people living with diabetes. Customers with
Type 2 diabetes also have access to Spirit's free online
education courses.
Register for free NHS repeat prescription home
delivery service, including blister packs and/or the Live
Well With Diabetes welcome pack, call 0116-464-5558
Mon- Fri 9am-5pm, or visit www.spirit-pharmacy.co.uk
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