Care Homes
At Sigcare we have built up an experienced pharmacy team supporting Care homes. Our services include expert advice and support in helping improve patient safety, training to strengthen your team’s knowledge base, and help you improve the standards you provide your service users.
At Sigcare we are focused on providing pharmacy services that help you give the best possible care.
Medication management
We provide the support, and tailored dispensing and pharmacy services that will help you keep track of medicines, and keep them secure, and stored correctly helping you manage your residents’ medicines safely and responsibly.
Keep track of medicines with eMAR For Care homes moving on to the smart technology, optional Electronic MAR record keeping is available. Pharmacist advice Professional advice is only a phone call away.
Our dedicated pharmacist team is available to provide professional guidance and advice on how to look after your residents’ healthcare needs, and meet the expectations of the regulator. Their invaluable input will help you to deal with complexities of medicines management to keep your service users safe.
Training and Audits
We provide medication training for your carers to that they can deliver enhanced medicines management, and annual audits to help you track your performance, allowing you to achieve and maintain the high regulatory standards required.
Mental Health Trusts
Sigcare provide integrated pharmacy services for Mental Health Trusts.
Working together to help support the community in all areas. NHS and Private Hospitals We work collaboration with other Healthcare providers to deliver a fully outsourced and cost effective pharmacy proposition. HMP Prisons We work with all HMP site throughout the UK.
We deliver tailor made and cost effective dispensing services that are aimed at assisting your organisation to achieve budgetary targets. Supporting Primary Care Working in partnership with Clinical Commissioning Groups, GP’s and the 111 service we are offering a complete community based service to support GP’s and reduce A&E attendance.
Check your blood pressure
The only way of knowing whether you have high blood pressure is to have a blood pressure test.
All adults over 40 are advised to have their blood pressure checked at least every 5 years. Getting this done is easy and could save your life.
You can get your blood pressure tested at a number of places, including at our pharmacies. If you've not been diagnosed with high blood pressure and would like to get yours checked, contact or visit one of our branches.
If we find any potential signs of high blood pressure, we will refer you to your GP for further investigation and treatment if appropriate.
We provide the Discharge Medicines Service. The service has been established to help you understand your medicines and any changes when you leave hospital and to reduce incidences of avoidable harm caused by medicines.
When you are prescribed a new medicine by your doctor our pharmacists can offer support and advice to ensure you take the new medication as prescribed without suffering any unwanted side effects or explain any further questions you may have. We usually do this by keeping in contact with you during the first 4 weeks of your new medicine being prescribed.
The service is only available for people living in England, and only for those who have been prescribed a new medicine for the conditions listed:
The NMS can help:
We recommend you consider getting a flub jab If you don't qualify for an NHS vaccination but are:
This service is available on a walk in basis without an appointment and there is a charge but please call the pharmacy first.
Check your blood pressure
The only way of knowing whether you have high blood pressure is to have a blood pressure test.
All adults over 40 are advised to have their blood pressure checked at least every 5 years. Getting this done is easy and could save your life.
You can get your blood pressure tested at a number of places, including at our pharmacies. If you've not been diagnosed with high blood pressure and would like to get yours checked, contact or visit one of our branches.
If we find any potential signs of high blood pressure, we will refer you to your GP for further investigation and treatment if appropriate.
We provide the Discharge Medicines Service. The service has been established to help you understand your medicines and any changes when you leave hospital and to reduce incidences of avoidable harm caused by medicines.
When you are prescribed a new medicine by your doctor our pharmacists can offer support and advice to ensure you take the new medication as prescribed without suffering any unwanted side effects or explain any further questions you may have. We usually do this by keeping in contact with you during the first 4 weeks of your new medicine being prescribed.
The service is only available for people living in England, and only for those who have been prescribed a new medicine for the conditions listed:
The NMS can help:
We recommend you consider getting a flub jab If you don't qualify for an NHS vaccination but are:
This service is available on a walk in basis without an appointment and there is a charge but please call the pharmacy first.