Welsh community pharmacies get new delivery app

Welsh health minister Vaughan Gething, PDM and the National Pharmacy Association have collaborated to ensure that more than 650 community pharmacies in Wales now have a new Pro Delivery Manager app to facilitate volunteers delivering medicines to self-isolating patients during these unprecedented Covid-19 times. Independent pharmacy owner Gary Jones was behind the design, and his technology can monitor GPS location data to ensure volunteers have delivered to the right address. It can also be used in England to identify patients eligible for the delivery service and record deliveries made under the Advanced Service.

Raj Aggarwal, an NPA board member for Wales, said: “We are delighted to have been able to work with the Welsh government to provide a solution that help brings volunteers into play and maintains patient safety. PDM is a tried-and-tested product that brings value to any community pharmacy operation and it’s great that some of the most vulnerable people in Wales will now benefit from it. It’s good to see Wales leading the way. We’re confident that many more pharmacies in other parts of the UK will take advantage of PDM, to make their deliveries safe, auditable and efficient.”