Industry Fellowship brings MEP to Blaby Pharmacy

East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin visited LloydsPharmacy in Blaby last Friday, after being invited to hear about their new LloydsPharmacy concept.

Miss McClarkin met with the Pharmacy Manager, Kim Gittings, and talked to the staff at the branch about the services available, before being given a short tour.

LloydsPharmacy has over 1,550 pharmacies across the UK. These are based predominantly in community and health centre locations. The company employs over 17,000 staff and dispenses over 150 million prescription items annually. Their network enables easy access to healthcare and is an excellent resource for the NHS the provision of enhanced pharmacy and new primary care services.

The visit concluded part of a Fellowship that Miss McClarkin has undertaken with the Industry and Parliamentary Trust, who run the scheme to foster better links between parliamentarians and industry.

Miss McClarkin said:

“It was great to visit the Blaby branch to hear about what Lloyds Pharmacy are doing to improve the health advice and service for local people and communities. It was good to meet Kim and her super staff. They offer a great friendly environment for customers to ask questions about their health and provide them with great advice and service, and I’d like to thank them for the time they spent showing me around. I was impressed with the improvements and the level of products and services they provide.”