Lord Mayor opens medical dispensing centre

The Lord Mayor of Exeter, Councillor Percy Prowse, has officially opened a new medical dispensing centre and clinic in the city.

Family-owned Salts Healthcare from Birmingham, has now opened their 20th UK Salts Medilink Centre at 119 Sidwell Street, Exeter. replacing the Lyndsey and Son shop.

The Mayor and Mayoress were also shown around the Centre and saw the company’s investment in offices and patient consultation rooms for those who need to discuss their needs one-to-one, plus extensive storage facilities to serve patients who may need urgent replacement products.

Salts Healthcare also showed off their investment in technology. The new Sidwell Centre will, like all other Medilink offices, offer the new Electronic Prescription Service or EPS for those whose GPs can provide this service, which will help patients and practitioners save time, effort and money when ordering repeat prescriptions.

Salts Medilink is a discreet, confidential and reliable stoma care product home delivery service.

No other company can offer such a personal service delivered by dedicated and fully-trained staff from a network of customer care centres across the UK.

Salts Medilink offers this personal service through a 365 day a year 24-hour emergency freephone helpline (UK only), a 24-hour online ordering facility and a 24-hour home delivery service.

Lyndsey and Son, who have for many years supplied medical, mobility and disability equipment in Exeter have moved to 294 Pinhoe Road in Exeter and will continue as previous.

Salts Medilink has taken over the dispensing appliance license from Lyndsey and Son and will operate this from the Sidwell Street site.

Salts Healthcare began in 1701 and manufactures award-winning orthotic devices and stoma care products for distribution across the globe.

Currently run by three 10th-generation brothers, with its headquarters in Birmingham, it is the UK’s oldest healthcare business.

Peter Salt, Managing Director of Salts Healthcare, said: “I’m delighted to have a Salts Medilink Centre in Exeter and I’m very proud and honoured that the Lord Mayor and Mayoress of Exeter officially opened our 20th site and I’d like to thank them both for their time.

"The sun shone, everybody had a great time and my team and I look forward to serving the people of Devon for many years to come.”

For more information on Salts Medilink Exeter call Freephone 0800 626388 or call into 119 Sidwell Street, Exeter, EX4 6RY.