A4 poster with the words "Your safety is our priority: Wear a mask, Sanitise hands, Maintain social distancing" including illustrations of a face covering, hand sanitiser and 2 metres, used at Kamsons Pharmacy branches during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020

This poster details the measures that many key services and businesses adopted to prevent the spread of COVID-19, protecting their users including their staff. face coverings, hand sanitising and hand washing and staying two metres part. Hand washing and social distancing have been key measures since the beginning of the first wave of the pandemic in the United Kingdom. Rules and guidance around face coverings has changed as restrictions have been introduced or lessened responding to the pandemic in real time.

During national lockdowns, pharmacies were identified as a key service remaining open and often extending their opening hours to accommodate more services. Many people turned to their local pharmacies as a first point of contact for healthcare advice when other options such as hospitals, GPs and dentists were either overwhelmed or closed. Many pharmacies were and are also essential to vaccination roll out including flu and COVID-19 vaccines. Kamsons Pharmacy is a family run business with over 70 pharmacies in England. The first pharmacy in the group was opened in Uckfield, Sussex over forty years ago, where their warehouse and headquarters remain. The company name derives from the business being owned by brothers Bipin, Piyoosh and Bharat Chotai whose father was called Kam, so they are Kam’s sons.