Healthcare
IT support for community pharmacies
A phone system that copes with prescription queries, patient data kept secure, and IT that doesn't put a queue at the counter.
A pharmacy runs on two things staying available: the dispensing system and the phone. Patients ring about prescriptions, surgeries ring about scripts, care homes ring about deliveries, and a fair bit of it lands before ten in the morning. We build IT and phones that hold up under that.
Built around the counter, not the back office
Downtime in a pharmacy isn't an inconvenience, it's a queue of people waiting. We keep the connectivity and systems underneath your patient records fast and reliable, and set the phones up so the person dispensing isn't the person answering every call.
The brief
What pharmacy IT support actually needs from IT & comms
The phone doesn't stop
Prescription queries, surgeries and care homes, often all at once and often first thing. We set up call handling and queuing so calls reach the right person and counter staff aren't pulled off dispensing to answer them.
Patient data has to be secure
Patient records and NHS systems carry real confidentiality obligations. We secure access, protect the data and set up tested backups, and we're Cyber Essentials certified ourselves.
The dispensing system has to stay up
If your patient record system or its connection goes down, the counter stops. We keep the IT and the line underneath it reliable, and we're the ones who pick up the phone when it isn't.
More than one branch
Plenty of pharmacies run several sites. We join them onto one phone system and one support model, so the group works together while each branch keeps its own number.
What we'd put in place
The services that fit pharmacy IT support
FAQs
Common questions
Can you stop the phones swamping the counter?
That's usually the first thing we fix. We set up call handling so prescription queries, surgery calls and delivery questions get routed sensibly rather than every call landing on whoever is dispensing. It's the change most pharmacies notice fastest.
How do you handle patient data?
We secure access to your systems, protect the data and set up tested backups so records stay safe and available. We hold Cyber Essentials certification ourselves, and we'll be straight with you about what we can and can't take responsibility for alongside your clinical system supplier.
Can you support a group with several branches?
Yes. We join your branches onto one phone system and one support model, so the group works as one while each site keeps its own number and local setup.
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