OWEN’S CHEMIST, SALTNEY
Under new ownership.
Help save your local pharmacy.
Owen’s Chemist has new owners, not just new management, and the familiar faces are still behind the counter. Every prescription you send here helps keep your local pharmacy open. Make us your pharmacy in about 60 seconds.
Free and optional. You can change your pharmacy at any time.
20A Chester Street, Saltney, Chester CH4 8BJ
Monday to Friday 9am to 1pm, 2pm to 5:30pm. Saturday closed.
NHS pharmacy, GPhC premises 1029532
Now owned by RJR Chem, established 2012, with 14 branches
Award-winning pharmacy group, C+D Awards 2022 winner
It nearly closed. We kept it open.
In autumn 2026, Owen’s Chemist came under new ownership. The new owners are RJR Chem, a pharmacy group established in 2012 with 14 branches. Same doors, same neighbourhood, same familiar faces, and a team that’s here to stay. Every prescription you send here helps keep it that way.
What the new owners have changed
We read the Google reviews. Here’s what you told us went wrong, and what we do about each one.
You told us
You had to come back time and again because medicines weren’t in stock.
What we do now
We order from 8 suppliers and hold accounts with all the main wholesalers. We check your prescription the day it arrives from your GP and order anything missing straight away. If we still can’t get it, it’s genuinely out of stock, and we tell you before you make the trip.
You told us
You were told it would be ready tomorrow. Then tomorrow came, and it wasn’t.
What we do now
We only give you a time we can keep, and we text you when it’s ready to collect.
You told us
There often wasn’t a pharmacist in, so you couldn’t collect your medicine.
What we do now
A pharmacist is here whenever we’re open, so you can always collect what you came for.
You told us
Deliveries were promised and didn’t turn up, leaving people without their medication.
What we do now
Every delivery gets a time we can keep. If anything changes, we call you before it’s late, not after.
Recent reviews are starting to notice: quick service, a welcoming desk and a pharmacist who takes the time to listen.
EMERGENCY SUPPLY
Run out of your medicine? Help is on your doorstep.
Ran out of your regular medicine and can’t get a prescription in time? Call us or pop in. In many cases our pharmacist can give you an emergency supply, so you’re not left without until your next prescription arrives.
Not every medicine can be supplied this way. Our pharmacist will talk you through your options.
Meet your pharmacy team
Real people from Saltney, who know you by name.
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Pharmacist, GPhC [number]
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Dispenser
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How to make us your pharmacy
It’s called nomination. Your GP sends your prescriptions electronically to the pharmacy you choose, so there’s no paper to collect.
1
Tell us it’s you
Your name, date of birth and GP surgery. It takes about 60 seconds.
2
We set it on the NHS system
Usually within one working day. We text you when it’s done.
3
Prescriptions come straight to us
Nothing to pick up from your GP. Pop in when we text you it’s ready.
Prefer the NHS App?
Open Prescriptions, then Your nominated pharmacy, and search for Owen’s Chemist. It’s the same result.
More than prescriptions
Free NHS help from your pharmacist, without waiting for a GP appointment.
Pharmacy First
Sore throats, sinusitis, urine infections in women and more, seen by our pharmacist.
NHS service
Blood pressure check
A free check for adults aged 40 and over.
NHS service
Contraception
Ongoing pill supplies and emergency contraception, in a private room.
NHS service
Flu and COVID jabs
Seasonal NHS vaccines for people who are eligible.
NHS service
20A Chester Street, Saltney
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Find us
20A Chester Street
Saltney, Chester CH4 8BJ
Monday to Friday
9am to 1pm, 2pm to 5:30pm
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
We close for lunch from 1pm to 2pm.
Questions
Your pharmacy, your choice.
You can use any pharmacy in England for your NHS prescriptions. If we’re not right for you, you can find others near you on the NHS website.
Free, optional, and you can change any time.