Certificate given to Kamsons Pharmacy staff in recognition of their work during the COVID-19 pandemic

Blank A4 certificate of appreciation "in recognition for their service to the community in the 2020 COVID pandemic" with Kamsons Pharmacy and NHS logos and signed by Mr Bipin Chotai FPharms, co-director of Kamsons Pharmacy and illustration by Jennifer Sian Cooper, 2020

Kamsons Pharmacy directors honoured their staff for their service during the pandemic. 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.