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The Pharmacy Stock-Check Crisis: Reclaiming Pharmacist Time

December 4, 2025
2 min read

Ahmad Abdelaal

CEO, Clero AI

The community pharmacy sector in the UK is currently operating at a breaking point.

According to the 2025 Pharmacy Pressures Survey, 70% of pharmacy staff report that their workload is negatively impacting their mental health. One of the primary culprits isn't clinical work—it’s the phone. For many pharmacists, the day is a constant cycle of interruptions: stopping mid-dispense to answer the same three questions:

"Is my prescription ready yet?" "Do you have this specific medication in stock?" "When do you close?"

The "75% Repetitive" Burden

In our work with local pharmacies, we’ve found that up to 75% of inbound calls are purely informational. These are low-complexity, high-frequency queries that do not require a pharmacist’s expertise but do consume hours of their time.

How Clero Reclaims Pharmacy Time

We built the Clero Pharmacy Agent to act as a frontline digital dispenser. By integrating with PMR systems like RXWeb, Titan, and ProScript, Clero handles the repetitive "noise" automatically:

Real-Time Stock Checks: Clero queries your inventory and gives the patient an instant answer.

Prescription Status: Patients can check if their medication is ready for collection 24/7 without calling the counter.

Automated FAQ: From holiday hours to vaccination availability, Clero provides the answers instantly.

By automating these 75% of calls, we aren't just improving efficiency; we’re reducing the risk of dispensing errors and allowing pharmacy teams to focus on the clinical services that actually drive revenue.

Stop losing hours to the phone.

Free your pharmacists from the phone.

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