3-D Visualisation proves the clincher for St Andrews

Pharmashelve, the leading designer and manufacturer of specialist dispensary storage and shelving equipment for pharmacists and health care professionals has just announced the completion of a prestigious project at St Andrews.

Pharmashelve recently completed the showcase project to supply over 13 tons of Pharmashelve equipment to St Andrew’s Healthcare in Northampton thanks to an impressive pitch supported by outstanding 3-D visuals of the proposed layout. St Andrew’s Healthcare is a leading provider of specialist mental healthcare for adults and young people in the UK. Its ongoing strategy to develop and improve facilities and services for patients has enabled the provision of expert care to more people than ever before.

Part of the expansion and development plan at Northampton was the creation of a completely new Pharmacy comprising a large dispensary, spacious storeroom and an administration area. Research into Pharmacy shelving systems led to several suppliers being invited to submit designs and costs that would provide an efficient, flexible solution within budget.

Pharmashelve was chosen as the most suitable solution following submission of 3D visuals, project plans and costs, which were virtually a third, lower than the competition. Further design and development meetings between Liz Hodgson, Head of Pharmacy, her staff and Pharmashelve culminated in the delivery of 13 tons of Pharmashelve equipment. In total the project consisted of 52 Pharmashelve bays including sloping sliding shelves, deep drawers, half depth drawers, 3 work stations with monitor brackets, plastic bin bars, and a mixture of storage shelves and drawers. Incredibly, installation took just two and a half days with a minimum disruption to St Andrew’s.

Liz Hodgson, Head of Pharmacy said “We’re very pleased with the service provided by Pharmashelve, from conception through to completion and the staff have found the system very efficient and easy to use”.

Richard Kay, Director at Pharmashelve said “We have expanded our internal design capabilities enabling us to provide a greater level of creative and planning support for the larger projects such as St Andrew’s and I think, in this case, our complete service capabilities in addition to the quality of the system were key in us winning the project” Richard continues “a number of further major projects are in the pipeline as a result of our growing reputation of delivering such show case solutions that hopefully more good news with be released soon”.

Originally only available in the UK, Pharmashelve is now marketed worldwide with sales and distribution channels available across Europe, India, America and the Far East. Pharmashelve is the latest pharmacy shelving and storage solution developed specifically for pharmacists and health care professionals who are faced with the problem of limited storage and display space within a retail pharmacy or hospital dispensary. Since its original launch in 2005, Pharmashelve has invested significant resources into research and development in order to bring an ever expanding range of Pharmashelve products and services to the market. Pharmashelve ultimately frees up space within a pharmacy and has many unique storage and display features that can only be found in the Pharmashelve product.