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Drones deliver prescription medicines for Boots pharmacy

Drones deliver prescription medicines for Boots pharmacy — A drone has delivered prescription medicines for a community pharmacy for the first time (Handout/PA)

Wed, 27 Jul, 2022 - 12:54

Ella Pickover, PA Health Correspondent

Boots has become the first community pharmacy in the UK to deliver prescription medicines by drone.

The retailer shipped medicines from Thorney Island, near Portsmouth, to the Isle of Wight.

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