WTF Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12186981/All-237-Lloyds-Pharmacy-branches-inside-Sainsburys-supermarkets-close-forever-TOMORROW.html any news on the local ones in shoprites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hedgehog Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Staying for now but you only have to look at the levels of stock on the shelves in any Lloyds to know they have problems. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 24 minutes ago, Dave Hedgehog said: Staying for now but you only have to look at the levels of stock on the shelves in any Lloyds to know they have problems. You're not kidding. I went into he one in Ramsey yesterday and I thought they'd had a closing down sale. Not a thing on any of the shelves.It appears they are purely a prescription service now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 It was announced that they would be withdrawing from Sainsburys back in January, though they said it wouldn't affect the Shoprite branches. But all branches are said to be at risk since they were taken over by a private equity company. The problem here is that Lloyds have 10 out of the 23 community pharmacies (including all three in Ramsey), so if the chain collapses, there will be difficulties. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarndyce Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 46 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: The problem here is that Lloyds have 10 out of the 23 community pharmacies (including all three in Ramsey), so if the chain collapses, there will be difficulties. Something for public comment/statement from Manx Care? DHSS (as was) must have agreed to give out licences to operate as a pharmacy to Lloyds at the time - they must have spotted the imbalance between Lloyds and the others - not a monopoly, but nearly half of the pharmacies on the island. I presume that Manx Care have a pharmacy equivalent of the Medical Director - maybe this person needs to outline their plan if Lloyds collapses completely. It’s not as if it hasn’t been flagged up as a possibility for some time. Or maybe this person is banned from speaking to the public - or the minister… (Ooh! Satire alert!) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 They've long had staffing problems in the three Ramsey branches too, sometimes only being able to staff and open one or two at any one time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 8 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: They've long had staffing problems in the three Ramsey branches too, sometimes only being able to staff and open one or two at any one time. Why does a town the size of Ramsey need 3 branches of the same pharmacy? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asthehills Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, wrighty said: Why does a town the size of Ramsey need 3 branches of the same pharmacy? The same reason it needs two co-ops within 100 yards of each other, and two shoprites presumably. They all moan about parking all the time despite there being an abundance of it so clearly don’t like to walk anywhere. It would be a blessing for Ramsey if Lloyds ceased to be. Despite there being three it is rarely possible to get in and out of any of them in less than 45 minutes as they are either closed or rammed. Anything else would be an improvement Edited June 13, 2023 by Asthehills 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarndyce Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 4 minutes ago, wrighty said: Why does a town the size of Ramsey need 3 branches of the same pharmacy? It’s a while since I lived in Ramsey: but I seem to remember that there were three (or maybe four) independently owned pharmacies. Lloyds gradually bought them all out (owners wanting to retire, etc). DHSS, as was, presumably had no problem granting three pharmacy licences to a single company, all the shops being within walking distance of each other. Might have seemed fine at the time - but it’s come home to roost now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiVibes Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 15 minutes ago, wrighty said: Why does a town the size of Ramsey need 3 branches of the same pharmacy? Ramsey = Old People. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 i heard of plan where prescriptions will be fulfilled in UK and then shipped over to the island ready for collection. Maybe that's a way to cope with the lack of pharmacists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Moghrey Mie said: i heard of plan where prescriptions will be fulfilled in UK and then shipped over to the island ready for collection. Maybe that's a way to cope with the lack of pharmacists. They need to sort out the shortage of actual medications first . For around 9 months now there’s been an issue . My pharmacy staff are great but still sometimes give me short of amount till a week or so later. Never have I ran out but not sure how that would work if they came from across . Edited June 13, 2023 by Numbnuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_manx Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, wrighty said: Why does a town the size of Ramsey need 3 branches of the same pharmacy? I suppose its all down to keep the locals happy . Many of the arrangements don't make sense and does not look like proper use of resources. As far as I know there are clinics done at Ramsey by doctors from the hospital Surely they can see a few more patients at Nobles in the the time it takes to go to Ramsey and come back? Edited June 13, 2023 by mad_manx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 30 minutes ago, Moghrey Mie said: i heard of plan where prescriptions will be fulfilled in UK and then shipped over to the island ready for collection. Maybe that's a way to cope with the lack of pharmacists. It's nowt to do with pharmacists per se. It's all about wringing as much profit out of the business model that works for them.... and that's wholesale and in-hospital pharmacies, that's where the money is. I've travelled around a bit (not as much as others on here) but some of the places I have been to (especially during the latter part of the Soviet period and in the immediate aftermath of the collapse) and the only pharmacies you could find are those that dispense prescribed medication only. No fancy perfumes, soaps, quackery (and other stuff that's bad for you, sweets etc) you very often see in Lloyds (as an example), just a simple basic prescription service paid for by the dept of health. A lot of OTC stuff sold in pharmacies are available in supermarkets anyway, so all that's required for a pharmacy is a door with a couple of hatches with the rest of the property filled with proper stocks of medicine. The times I've gone to get my medication only to be told that "it's on back order and should be in tomorrow". 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_manx Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Just now, Andy Onchan said: It's nowt to do with pharmacists per se. It's all about wringing as much profit out of the business model that works for them.... and that's wholesale and in-hospital pharmacies, that's where the money is. I've travelled around a bit (not as much as others on here) but some of the places I have been to (especially during the latter part of the Soviet period and in the immediate aftermath of the collapse) and the only pharmacies you could find are those that dispense prescribed medication only. No fancy perfumes, soaps, quackery (and other stuff that's bad for you, sweets etc) you very often see in Lloyds (as an example), just a simple basic prescription service paid for by the dept of health. A lot of OTC stuff sold in pharmacies are available in supermarkets anyway, so all that's required for a pharmacy is a door with a couple of hatches with the rest of the property filled with proper stocks of medicine. The times I've gone to get my medication only to be told that "it's on back order and should be in tomorrow". It's always better to go to the independent chemists than the chain pharmacies. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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