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Pharmacy in Station Road ? - T Palmer (28th Oct 2014 - 15:13:45) Hi there. A colleague of mine has been looking into applying for a new pharmacy in Liphook, in the station road area. We were wondering whether that would be good for the local residents and patients of Liphook? Mainly because there are certain difficulties sometimes accessing the existing pharmacy in the square, due to congestion and limited transport from the Newton surgery to the Square. Do any of you think it is important or beneficial to have a new pharmacy? Are there any people you know that have difficulty getting around to access the current pharmacy? your thoughts and comments are appreciated thanks T Palmer

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - Dave (28th Oct 2014 - 15:27:19) Some years ago there was a pharmacy in Station Road but it closed and I believe it is now the hairdressing salon.

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - WOO (28th Oct 2014 - 16:03:41) Yes, years ago there was a chemist in Station Road - it was the old butchers that was attached to Westons Supermarket!! (the supermarket part is about to open as a vets and the butchers side is something to do with the hairdressers).

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - helen (28th Oct 2014 - 17:59:00) Newtown surgery also act as pharmacists and one can get prescriptions whilst at the doctors surgery. You may be better thinking of something else not already catered for in Liphook. If there is parking a small upmarket cafe/ bistro would be nice!

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - WOO (29th Oct 2014 - 08:19:09) There is already a cafe in Station Road which is very popular and a cafe in the village! A newsagent is what is needed down the Station Road - like we used to have - people stop to buy a coffee from the bakers and I`m sure they would buy their paper too if there was a newsagent.

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - Nadine (29th Oct 2014 - 08:57:57) Personally I find the current pharmacy very easy to go to..it has a car park itself, and another right next door. Don't think it could be easier!

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - liz (29th Oct 2014 - 09:17:21) I don't have any problem accessing the existing pharmacy either. - Car park next door and at Sainsburys. Lloyds offers an excellent service and to be honest I think an alternative pharmacy might struggle.

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - a (29th Oct 2014 - 09:51:58) The pharmacy is a little walk from newtown surgery but I don't think we need another, a little news agent would be nice but I doubt it would survive so close to aainsburys.. The bakery again does sell drinks and such but I dislike going in there due to their prices and unfriendly staff! It is a hard one.

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - helen (29th Oct 2014 - 10:52:26) I think the previous post indicated that the surgery fulfill prescriptions? I personally get my ibuprofen in supermarkets where it is 40p a packet. Do not think pharmacies can compete. I get a free newspaper and coffee by shopping in Waitrose Haslemere. If there were a choice of what we actually did not have on Liphook it would be a shoe shop, childrens clothes shop or jewellers? I personally think that people shop so often on line that it would be enormously difficult to make a profit as a shopkeeper. I used to like the granary bakers which closed, people also have little time to trawl around the shops I see a lot of delivery vans now, ocado and tesco and sainsbury, people can also pick up shopping from railway stations.

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - wendy (29th Oct 2014 - 12:19:31) We all ready have a wonderful pharmacy in liphook, it's bright, full of interesting items, and the staff couldn't be more helpful, I would hate anything to take away their trade.

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - J (29th Oct 2014 - 12:46:25) Have had no problems with Lloyds at all. Yes, the road closures are a pain, but when/if the village is closed, then access to station road would also be hindered. It's a shame that with so many struggling businesses, Liphook is 'calling' for competition against a thriving one. Lloyds has a strong relationship with all the local surgeries, as well as an established delivery service for those who struggle to get into the pharmacy. It services numerous local care homes, as well as offering a variety of health services including flu jabs, diabetes checks, travel jabs and medication reviews. Additionally, as Helen mentioned, Newtown and The Village (I believe), have their own dispensaries which allow you to fill your prescription there if you live within a certain distance. A new, unestablished pharmacy would struggle and, to be honest, be a waste of time.

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - WOO (29th Oct 2014 - 12:59:12) Sainsbury`s is no good if you want a paper at 7 o`clock in the morning because it doesn`t open until 8 o`clock and 10 o`clock on Sundays.

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - Heather M (29th Oct 2014 - 16:08:11) The Co-op opens at 7 every morning, including Sunday\'s . Helen .. I\'m not surprised you get a free coffee & newspaper from Waitrose, their prices are extortionate & with all due respect, not everyone can afford to shop in there. I agree with a previous poster who suggested a newsagents .

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - Jack (29th Oct 2014 - 18:37:26) Gable News open early and do coffee - all with great smiles !!!

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - helen (29th Oct 2014 - 23:02:12) The coffee in Waitrose is free to card holders no purchase neccessary, the spend needed to get a free paper is 5.00 during the week and 10.00 at weekends. I have seen people spend 15.00 alone on chocolate, crisps, pizzas, saisage rolls, danish pastries and beer in the co op in liphook. Waitrose is more expensive for luxury food, some shrink wrapped fruit and vegetables and ready meals, but I only buy loose food, or food I can cook from scratch from any supermarket, I cannot afford convenience food,m most ready meals are terrible, and for basic things like carrots, potatoes, eggs, rice etc,m waitrose compare well on prices. The waitrose essential range is very good, and sometimes the waitrose card gives an extra10 per cent off anyway. Sometimes people only shop in certain places out of habit.

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - Brian (30th Oct 2014 - 05:42:59) Getting permission for a new pharmacy is notoriously very difficult to get in this country. It's not like other businesses where if you think you can do a better job then you are allowed to compete. My understanding is that they are effectively controlled monopolies and you can not build one close to an existing one (apart from Supermarkets which for some reason seem to get around this). I would research this aspect and establish the likelihood of getting permission first.

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - woo (30th Oct 2014 - 08:10:12) We are talking about Liphook here not Haslemere - why would someone want to go all the way to Haslemere to buy a paper and groceries when Sainsbury`s is in Liphook!!

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - helen (30th Oct 2014 - 10:04:55) I agree if you live too far away it is not worth the trip but sometimes if I compare what sainsbury has on offer for the almost the same price? I would rather buy food anywhere else! Before we had Sainsburys and the waitrose in Haslemere, I used to shop in Country market in Kingsley I still do when I am over there, but I do think that if you compare the fresh products from Sainsburys and their own range with other supermarkets, it is sadly lacking. I know that they keep things for months in the back in their cold storage dept.

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - Phelim (4th Nov 2014 - 14:09:14) The pharmacy that people may be thinking of in Station Road was not actually a pharmacy. That is it was not a chemists where people could get prescriptions. It was, like Superdrug in Petersfield and the health section in supermarkets, a place where people could get non-prescription goods that the Chemist in the Square - run by the same people as the shop in Station Road - stocked. I believe though that if and when the new doctors surgery opens on the Portsmouth Road that there is the possibility of a pharmacy opening there - what this means for Lloyds current location I do not know and as the new building has not started to be built yet this could be a long way off. But, as other people have said, as we have a superb pharmacy in Lloyds - which does do deliveries if people are housebound - and the Newtown Surgery also has a pharmacy for those who cannot get to Loyds, we have the need for other things in the Village rather than another pharmacy.

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - Phil (4th Nov 2014 - 19:53:57) There legislation around registering a new pharmacy - and its mpact on nearby pharmacies and particularly dispensing GP practices is interesting. This proposed new pharmacy could indeed open. However it will then need to register with NHS England and that immediately calls up questions around 'reserved locations', prejudice and the 'one mile rule'. A new dispensing GP practice would not be permitted to open if their is an existing pharmacy within 1.6km. Boundary issues can exist where a dispensing GP practice breaches the distance rules by their doctors prescribing and their dispensing pharmacy then filling that scipt for patients within the 1.6km protected area of an existing pharmacy. NHS England manages this, it could also be a conflict of interest for any GP or practice who is a member of a CCG, as CCGs move to co-commission primary care (or in other words, they can't be seen to approve and buy their own services for the benefit of their practice - this is covered in the CCGs constitution). Personally , I think Lloyds in Liphook is an excellent pharmacy and as most of their staff are local I will always continue to support them. A proper community pharmacy. As for the 'few surgery' at Bohunt Manor, who knows if that will actually get built? Many hurdles to go, an isolated spot of ground work does not a building make. Anyway, NHS England would have to agree to it - not currently likely in my opinion (due to NHS finances).

Re: Pharmacy in Station Road ? - lee (6th Nov 2014 - 17:54:56) Gable news 4 me every day.g8t service and tea and coffee. good luck..

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