Two new robots have joined the workforce in the pharmacies of the Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital - boasting the ability to gather more medication in an hour than could be picked by hand in a day.
Manual picking of prescription items has long since been confined to history at the two facilities, with an automated system having first been introduced 16 years ago. However, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has now replaced its ageing machines with the most up-to-date robotic dispensing technology which will bring even more speed to the process.
The bots are so big they each require their own room - with the system at the Royal Preston having the capacity to store 40,000 medicine packs and 12,000 being able to be held at the Chorley site. The robots spring into life with the generation of a label for the medication required. The item is then picked and carried by conveyor belt to a collection point. “It reduces the risk of medication errors, such as selecting the wrong pack size or strength,” Richard says.
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