Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has visited a Well pharmacy in Manchester to learn about its domiciliary medicines optimisation scheme. 

Mr Hunt visited the pharmacy as part of his trip to the Radcliffe Primary Care Centre in Bury last week (June 26) to find out more about the Healthier Radcliffe initiative. Under the scheme, GPs at the centre have teamed up with the pharmacy's staff to identify patients who make needless visits to healthcare providers, Well said.

Staff visited these "vulnerable" patients at home to help them "fully understand" their medication. Five other pharmaies are due to join the scheme.

Pharmacy manager Alison Cooper said Mr Hunt had been "very friendly and engaging", as well as "interested" in what the pharmacy did on a "day-to-day" basis. 

Well CEO John Nuttall said Mr Hunt’s visit meant the multiple could “demonstrate how well we work together to help people in the local community make the most of their health”.

Well added that that it would consider rolling out the service to other cities if it continued to be successful in Manchester.

The first rebranded Well pharmacies opened in north west England at the end of May, as part of a £200 million five-year investment by new owners Bestway. 

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