About Us

Welcome to our Day Lewis Online Prescription Service, where we aim to make your life easier by offering you discretion, convenience and competitive prices.

Using the Day Lewis online prescription service is easy to use, saves you time and offers you discretion, convenience and competitive prices. Simply use our Freepost service to send us your NHS or private prescription and we’ll dispense and deliver your medicines to your home or office within 1 or 2 days of receipt.

About Day Lewis Plc

History:

Day Lewis started in 1975 when Kirit Patel, FRPharms, acquired his first two pharmacies in Southborough, Kent. Day Lewis has since grown into one of the largest independent groups in England. The company takes its name from one of the first pharmacies purchased by Kirit. This was then owned by a relation of the poet laureate Cecil Day Lewis.

Company CEO:

Kirit Patel-MBE, CEO of the Day Lewis Group, is one of the key players in the pharmacy profession. He is a past Treasurer of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and past chairman of the board of the National Pharmaceutical Association, an organization representing the interests of some 11,000 pharmacies in the United Kingdom. He is a member of the prestigious Small Business Council of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Activities:

The Day Lewis Group is involved in retail and wholesale pharmaceutical business in UK and also supplies medicines and medical equipment to oil rigs and shipping. The activities of the pharmacies are supported by a Head Office in Croydon, which is also the base for its warehouse operation. The Group has steadily grown over the last 25 years and has increased from 28 pharmacies in the early 1990's to just over 160 at the end of 2007. Day Lewis Pharmacies cater to the needs of the local community and apart from dispensing prescriptions and pharmacist advice they offer a wide range of other products and services.

Ethos:

Day Lewis has been accredited as an 'Investor in People', which is a nationally recognized benchmark against which companies are assessed for the quality of their training and for putting the development of people at the heart of their business strategy. The company has managed to retain it's 'family' culture, which was crucial in the early days of it's development.

For more information on Day Lewis Plc please visit our website on www.daylewisplc.co.uk