Davey's Chemist expands and opens 2 Covid-19 Vaccine Centres

Local Chemist to house two Covid vaccination centres across City Region Keeping it local – Davey’s hires local businesses to support car park expansion An investment close to £100,000 will be ‘injected’ into the Knowsley pharmacy 15 new staff to be recruited and trained-up Chemist is an integral hub for the local community

Davey’s Chemist has been successful in their pitch to become a Covid-19 vaccination hub in two of their five sites across the Liverpool City Region, including Dinas Lane in Knowsley. Read Full Story Davey’s Chemist has been at the front of the call to Government to mobilise UK Pharmacies in the fight against Covid-19. All five Davey’s community pharmacies were offered to NHS England as potential vaccination sites. Dinas Lane was chosen as the best to deliver the service locally in Knowsley.

In addition to the Dinas Lane site, managed by John Davey, the family run business will also operate a Covid vaccination centre at their site in Randall Drive in Litherland, run by John’s sister, Mary Davey.

Residents should note that when it’s your turn to receive the vaccine, you’ll be contacted by letter, text or email with information on how to book your appointment.

Davey’s Chemist have been in business in Huyton since 1986 and has become an important local community pharmacy and hub for local residents. In order to ensure the vaccination centres can run smoothly with the additional demand, the team have invested in expanding their Knowsley pharmacy, opening the grounds to make more space. Additional parking, a bike locking station and space for social distancing with covered waiting area is being constructed.

The investment will create 50% extra space within the buildings, new Portakabins for patient waiting area and new staff rest area, to support the wellbeing of staff working extra hours at the vaccination centre. The total investment by Davey’s Chemist will be around £90,000 and is a further commitment to the local community.

This follows on from a Covid testing facility and “fit to fly” testing in a local partnership to deliver certificates 2 hours after sample arriving at the laboratory for customers and business.

John Davey, Director and Founder of Davey’s Chemist, said: “Things have changed since I built the current Dinas Lane pharmacy in 1992, but I am lucky to still have some of the same great staff with me. We are always ready to adapt and find solutions whatever Covid-19 throws at us, or anything else, if it will help our community.”

“This is an investment in all of our futures and a response from a local team for a local need, we live and work here and it will serve people who have been our patients since 1986 when we first started in Huyton. These people have been good to us and supported us, now we are stepping up to support them!”

“We are different, we live and work our business, it is all about Merseyside people and health. This is what we do and patients value that we are always there for consultations, free, local, and without an appointment access to NHS services. Our delivery and outreach team are also helping isolated and housebound customers of all ages, sometimes we are the only people they see and talk to from one week to the next, it makes you think!”

The investment work at the Huyton site will be staying local where possible as John is a long-term supporter of the ‘Knowsley Better Together’ ethos. A ‘very’ local contractor will be supporting the majority of the expansion ground works 1: https://www.knowsleychamber.org.uk/daveys-chemist-expands-becomes-covid-vacination-centre/