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It was back in 1974 that the late, great Charlie Roche
That Fiona has been helping an awful lot Greystonians keep on the sunny – and healthy – side during this Covid-19 lockdown is
6am Wake, let the dog out, make a cuppa, and arrange my list for
8am Open the pharmacy.
A lot of time was spent recently sourcing and chasing PPE, hand sanitisers, soaps (simple
9.45am Trying to get through to the pharmacy to check in with the other team. Phone line is constantly busy. Call pharmacy mobile instead.
1.15pm Arrive at pharmacy and get hand-over from morning team (who have wiped down all surfaces, phones etc, so no potential for viral transfer). Social distancing and masks on rapid handover. Discuss new guidelines and reiterate our procedures.
Our normal day has changed so much in that we don’t see a lot of our older or younger patients. Many people come in and have a list for themselves and one or two other people. Others take a photo of a skin rash, for example, in a family member and we advise using that pic and info provided by the messenger.
Home Catch up with son while cooking dinner. After we eat, son goes to do an hour of study and I go down to the treadmill with my iPad to
Rochey!
he pharmacy itself is the original of the species, and Ms Fiona Roche, of course, is one of a kind.
he pharmacy itself is the original of the species, and Ms Fiona Roche, of course, is one of a kind.
Charlie Roche celebrates 21 years at his Blacklion chemists 1995
opened up the family pharmacy up in Blacklion, and he’d no doubt be excited agus delighted to see his favourite child at the helm today.
something he would no doubt be particularly proud of too.
the day.
7am Wake up son, give him his smoothie and then get online for half-hour workout. Check son all set for day of school, zoom classes and assignments.
This morning’s pharmacist, Justine, has dropped newspapers to two cocooning patients on the way to work, whilst I’m in my home office for the morning, due in the pharmacy from 1.30pm. As we approach the end of the month, there are plenty of administrative tasks to carry 
out – one in particular is looking over all the new suppliers we have used in the past 6 weeks as we stock a wider range or greater quantity of products than we would normally have needed to stock.
latest advice and trends on prevention, masks, mental health and collate it into an article for sharing via our social media.
11am I just got a notification that our fabric, reusable masks are being shipped. Going online to find ‘styrofoam heads’ so I can display them. 
In some cases, we will need to do a phone consultation with the patient to get the big picture. We take phone calls for medication orders and front of shop orders for cocooning patients and schedule deliveries to them or have them ready for family members – it’s so nice to meet family members of some of our older patients to put faces on the names we hear. 
the phone and we bring it to their car when they pull up outside- we are lucky have our own area for parking right outside the door.
their day-to-day products, and it is handy to pick up gifts and cards when they are here for their essentials. 
