Boots Pharmacy Broomhall, Sheffield

Reviews

1. Alex Palmer ★★☆☆☆

   With the cost of prescriptions high, you would like to think the staff would advise you if it is cheaper to purchase over the counter. Unfortunately for me the staff member did not make any attempt to advise or did not have enough experience / knowledge to. It wasn't until after I left that I realised that I could purchase one of the items over the counter at half the price.

   almost 2 years ago
2. D M N ★☆☆☆☆

   Absolutely shocking service and incompetent staff, they give you a buzzer that will beep when your medication is ready but then they forget to alert you, waited for nearly an hour only to be told that someone forgot to alert you and that the medicine was ready 45 min ago! What a waste of time and the store shelves are always empty and depressing!

   almost 3 years ago
3. r .m ★★★★★

   I came here for my brothers prescription and the worker said it will be 1 hour cause there was a query on it. However there was a worker called Abdullah who sorted it out for me very quick and efficiently. Very helpful.

   almost 3 years ago

1. Iain Jones ★☆☆☆☆

   I have been a hospital outpatient for many years, from when it was a hospital managed inpatient and outpatient pharmacy, then outpatients split between hospital and Boots and to now, with Boots in sole charge. The visit to Boots is quite possibly the worst part of a hospital visit and now that I am on largely repeat prescriptions, it's a massive inconvenience. The experience is generally awful and as follows. Join the queue to get to the desk which on many occasions will be manned by one member of staff. I have been in queues extending out of the pharmacy and around the corner into the main hospital. At worst factor 45 mins to an hour to get to the desk. If it is that busy then the wait will be at least an hour, nearer 2 hours for your prescription to be ready. They used to put an estimated wait time notice at the desk but seems to have been binned as it was so far from reality. Then join the wait in the waiting area with 8 or 9 chairs for the next hour or so. When it was hospital managed they had a display that showed the prescription number being processed so you had some clues to your wait. Boots technology is far less sophisticated, even their paper notice has been consigned to the bin. If you have a prescription submitted by your consultant they tend to wait until you present yourself at the desk before making up the prescription, adding to your wait. So if I just need a prescription alone I will either have to venture to a Boots, none of which are close and means buses or a car and parking fees. I have asked whether I can use my local pharmacy but for hospital outpatients the private deal has been done with Boots, there isn't any patient choice for prescriptions. Given the systems you would have thought it wouldn't be too difficult to nominate a pharmacy and have them receive the hospital prescription. In contrast my local pharmacy is withing walking distance. If I need a repeat prescription I click the order on the NHS app. It's approved by my GP and generally ready in a day or so. I get a text from the pharmacy to say it's ready and generally I have it in my hands in a few minutes of walking through their door. Boots have a monopoly on the Hallamshire service and I guess run it for maximum profit, customer experience doesn't impact their returns so why bother investing in it. Patient choice and being able to nominate your own pharmacy seems to be the way forward but how do we achieve this?

   almost 3 years ago
2. Kay Bessey ★☆☆☆☆

   Absolutely agree with other comments. It’s the worse pharmacy you could ever visit. I attended a consultation this morning to then be sent up to pharmacy. Absolute chaos, no one knows which queue to stand in then an hours wait which wasn’t possible as I had another appointment. Been ringing them all afternoon and no one as of yet has answered the phone, so in limbo what to do. Word of advice to other patients. Get the prescription sent out to your local boots or Meadowhall and pick up from there. At least you will Get better customer service.

   almost 4 years ago
3. pdbay47 ★☆☆☆☆

   The NHS at its worst. Was prescribed a medicine in the hospital and was to!d I had to use the hospital pharmacy. A 45 minute wait to get to the front of the queue followed by another 30 minute wait to receive my prescription. My local chemist is far more efficient with a much higher throughput. As the hospital department had sent up an e!electronic prescription, the wait is not justifiable.

   almost 4 years ago

1. Tom Burton ★☆☆☆☆

   I work for the NHS, in A&E and I am very sympathetic to under-resourced/over subscribed NHS services. Today, I had the unpleasant experience of getting a prescription from this service after an outpatient appointment. Long queue, long waiting times and a sense of disorganisation, with slow, almost glacial progress and disinterest staff who avoid eye contact- they seem wary that you might ask “When will my prescription that I ordered X hours ago be ready?” For hours large numbers of bewildered people wait for prescriptions, hoping to see some organisation and some sign of progress. I’m sure they are thinking, “how long does it take to find a drug on a shelf or drawer, stick a label on a box and hand it to me?” Please remember that the people using this service are likely to be unwell and may well have other competing priorities. This is a private service providing a contracted service to the NHS. It is providing a very poor quality, inefficient and uncaring service in my opinion. Why is it not better organised and better resourced?

   almost 4 years ago

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