Unichem Pharmacy, at 37 Bay Road in Kilbirnie, Wellington, is a family-focused community pharmacy. It offers compliance medication packaging, which sets out medicines in blister packs for the right dose times, and it is an approved vaccinator for whooping cough, flu and shingles. The website says a COVID booster is recommended for people at higher risk, and that flu jabs and boosters can be arranged by calling in at the pharmacy. Pharmacists are available to answer questions about medicines and health.
Customers praise the helpful staff. One reviewer who started an uncommon medication found the pharmacy could order it in and have it ready the same afternoon, and says the staff and pharmacist were friendly. Blister packs and flu shots are mentioned. Not every experience was good. One customer found the staff rude and dismissive, and another found the receptionist strict when calling to book a flu vaccine, and booked elsewhere. Chemist Warehouse Kilbirnie is the other pharmacy within a kilometre, and the figures put it at the same spot. Our pick in Kilbirnie for a medication order with staff who will go out of their way to find it.