Results:
System Placement & Size ARX robots can be installed into pharmacies with small or large volumes and our systems can also be designed to fit into small
“Script volume has increased by 20% year 1, 20% year 2, waiting times have been reduced & no additional staff have been employed.” Raj Thacker – Thacker’s Pharmacy
“Installing the ARX robot has allowed us to re-organise the department and greatly improve our skill mix. The work environment is hugely improved and job satisfaction has greatly increased.” Maggie Otter - Hillingdon Hospital
pharmacies as well as medium to large ones. Here are some examples:
Central Fill NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Distribution Centre
Small Pharmacy “We have had over 30% increase in turnover, and no picking errors since installing our system.” Martin Bennet - Wicker Pharmacy
“When we got the robot we had 10 staff. Through natural wastage that number has reduced to 8, yet overall productivity is up. I have only 5 staff in today, yet I’ve been talking to you for the last 45 minutes without any interruptions. That would never have been possible before.” *Jonathan Lloyd, Health Centre Pharmacy
Ancaster Surgery Lincolnshire
High Volume H I Weldrick Limited South Yorkshire
“The customers only have to wait 5 minutes, maximum, for their prescription. I think it’s brilliant and I have saved 20 hours of overtime a week. The machine means 2-3 extra staff members to us.” *Ryszard Cygan, West Elloe Pharmacy
Low Volume University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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“What is groundbreaking is the scale of what we’ve achieved through automation. Good stock management has saved £300 per bed over one year, that’s £1.35million in total. Dispensing time has also been cut from 7 minutes per item to 3.”* Professor Norman Lannigan, Lead Pharmacist
“I could never envisage going back to a pre-automated dispensary. Because of the continual growth in items required, we would have run out of space. We have future-proofed ourselves for years to come.” Adrian Down, Practice Manager
“Our relationship with ARX now extends to five Robots placed in our busiest dispensing branches. We find that an ARX robot helps these branches to dispense more safely, efficiently and with less untidiness. This also helps free up Pharmacist time for MURs and NMS.” Richard Wells, Superintendent Pharmacist
"Automation can be added into what we would have originally classed as space limited facilities and has added considerable value to our patient pathways and actual patient experience in regards to waiting times. For all our new designs both recently and in the future, automation is first on the list.” Simon Keady, Principal Pharmacist
*As statesd by Professor Lannigan in the Pharmaceutical Journal 2012