Pharmacierge, a leading e-Prescription MedTech for private clinicians, has announced a substantial 5,500 sq ft expansion in Wimpole Street, set to create central London’s largest robotically-enabled dispensary, which will be equipped with a 30ft dispensing robot.
Acquiring the additional lease in Wimpole Street marks a significant milestone on Pharmacierge’s mission to becoming the pharmacy partner of choice to all leading private practices and private hospitals. With this move, the brand's operations parallel to Harley Street will grow to 8,000 sqft, or tenfold the size of its original location in 2015.
The 30 ft multi-arm dispensing robot will soon occupy one wing of the new premises, with medication chutes spiralling down through the floor to the spacious modern dispensary beneath. This robotic automation is projected to improve overall efficiency and enhance rapid availability of the broadest possible pharmacy formulary. Pharmacierge already caters to a network of over 4,500 GP and Consultant users.
With these robotic automation and scalability gains, it plans to bring the time and cost-saving benefits of ‘ePrescribing-as-a-service' to further private practitioners, hospitals and private patient units (PPU) throughout the UK.
Over 90% of clinicians surveyed believe that Pharmacierge ePrescribing saves their practice 5-15 mins per prescription, while patients are spared the impact and inconvenience of multiple car journeys and pharmacy visits. Institutional benefits include centralised administration, real-time tracking and simplified pre-op medication pathways.
Pharmacierge’s co-founders share well over a century of combined medical and pharmacy heritage in the Harley Street area, having previously co-founded The Doctor’s Laboratory (TDL), also on Wimpole Street, and other pharmacies within the Marylebone and Mayfair estates.
Commenting on the transaction, Edward Ungar, CEO said, “While our mPrescribe technology now equally serves clinicians and patients outside of London, we felt very strongly that only a local investment would remain faithful to our brand values, our roots and the private medical community who have supported us through thick and thin.”
Julian Best, Executive Property Director of The Howard de Walden Estate commented: “We are delighted Pharmacierge has chosen to expand their operation in the Harley Street Medical Area, bolstering the technology led patient experience for the delivery of prescriptions and ensuring the area continues to offer the highest level of patient service.”
