As we continue to ‘stay home’ in our third lockdown, the arrival of vaccines, Spring, and the new green shoots of growth brings some hope and optimism for better and brighter days ahead. While the team at University Pharmacy have been serving the needs of their customers throughout the pandemic, they have also been busy preparing some new green shoots of their own. This week sees the launch of their exciting new website and Galway City pharmacy delivery service - www.universitypharmacy.ie
After listening carefully to her customers, many of whom are staying home or have been cocooning in line with Government advice, Dr Audrey Kinahan, pharmacist, felt that it was important to provide this new service to support people that are unable to get out and about currently. ‘One of the most important aspects of the service is that we will offer a same daily delivery service to the people of Galway City, so if you can’t get out because you are homeschooling, taking care of somebody vulnerable or indeed because you are sick or a close contact, then we’re here to help’, says Dr Kinahan. With recent delivery delays for many online orders we felt it was important to deliver on the day, for this type of service.
Of course, pharmacy deliveries are nothing new for University Late Night Pharmacy, who already provide this daily service to each of the nursing homes for which they provide support, ‘expansion of the service is not a difficult task as all deliveries are carried out in a socially-distanced manner by our experienced delivery people’ says Dr Kinahan. The service is free to customers spending over €49 in a single transaction but for smaller purchases customers can still avail of the service for a fee of €5. Orders for same day delivery are placed through the website before 2pm, and the pharmacy also provides both click & collect and nationwide delivery services for customers from further afield.
The website offers non-prescription medicines, first aid products and a wide selection of vitamins and supplements, including favourites such as Revive and Sona. Since we are all paying more attention to our skincare and self-care routines these days, there are great offerings from Clarins, Vichy, Cerave, La Roche Posay on the site as well as in-store offers from Lancôme and Chanel fragrance.
New products are being added to the site daily, but if there is something specific that is not yet available on the site then customers can contact the pharmacy team who will happily assist. ‘There is no change to our in-store opening hours’, says Dr Kinahan, ‘we continue to be open until 9pm Monday to Friday, 6.30pm on Saturdays and 6pm on Sundays and bank holidays’. Log on to universitypharmacy.ie to improve your shopping experience while shopping local.
