New way to take prescription medicine rolled out to eight Rowlands Pharmacies in Wrexham

Rowlands Pharmacy has introduced a new, safe and convenient way for patients across Wrexham to remember to take multiple prescription medicines.

PilPouch – which will be rolled out to patients at eight Rowlands branches across Wrexham – is the pharmacy chain’s new tailored patient prescription service which sees a patient’s personal prescription packaged in a box of clearly labelled pouches.

Each pouch of medication within the box outlines the specific day, time, dosage and further medication safety details – dispensing the medicine in the order in which the patient should take it. Designed to be portable – patients can also discreetly take their medication, wherever they are.

Although PilPouch pouches can accommodate multiple medications and flexible treatment lengths, they are only suitable for solid dosage forms of medication, so patients will be eligible for PilPouch based on their medication needs.

Patients can now register interest in receiving PilPouch and see if it is suitable for their medication needs at either of the participating Rowlands branches.

Once registered, an electronic prescription request from a local GP surgery will arrive at the pharmacy as usual but it will then be submitted to Rowlands’ central PilPouch facility for packing – offering all the regulatory safety and quality assurance checks – before delivered directly to the designated Rowlands branch.

A spokesperson for the company said: “The new tailored personal prescription service from Rowlands offers patients an easy, safe and convenient way to manage prescription medicines and frees up more time for pharmacy teams to focus on patient care.”

To register interest in receiving PilPouch and to see if it is suitable for your medication needs, contact the below Rowlands pharmacies:

• Rowlands Borras Park on 01978 351756 or visit 26 Borras Park Rd, Wrexham LL12 7TH
• Rowlands Chapel Street on 01978 364932 or visit 3 Chapel St, Wrexham LL13 7DD
• Rowlands Holt Road on 01978 355635 or visit 86 Holt Rd, Wrexham LL13 8RG
• Rowlands Kings Mill on 01978 366200 or visit 93 Kingsmills Rd, Wrexham LL13 8NN
• Rowlands St George’s Crescent on 01978 263408 or visit 41 St George’s Crescent, Wrexham LL13 8DB
• Rowlands Strathmore on 01978 357862 or visit 28 Chester Rd, Wrexham LL11 2SA
• Rowlands Garden Village on 01978 355011 or visit 169 Chester Rd, Wrexham LL12 8DW
• Rowlands Rhosddu on 01978 311473 or visit 43 Rhosddu Rd, Wrexham LL11 2NS