Screenshots use sample data. All pharmacies are fictional.
When a UK pharmacy can't fill a prescription because of a shortage, staff ring
neighbouring pharmacies one by one, or hand the prescription back to the patient
to hunt for it themselves. NearShelf is a smart directory and communication
bridge: pharmacies share what's on their shelves, broadcast what they need, and
patients can see who has a hard-to-find medicine nearby.
Demo project. All pharmacies in the seed data are fictional. NearShelf is not a
medical device and is not for clinical use.
Contents
Who it's for
Pharmacy staff (signed in, verified)
| Feature | What it does |
|---|
| Find stock nearby | Search by name, or scan a pack (camera or USB scanner, EAN-13 and GS1 DataMatrix). Results on a map and a list: in stock first, then nearest. |
| Stock levels, not counts | In stock / Low / Out. Less commercially sensitive than counts, and easier to keep accurate. |
| 2-hour verification | A report is "verified" for 2 hours, then shows as Unverified. One tap re-confirms a medicine; Confirm all handles the morning shelf check. |
| Broadcast a request | "Who has this?" to every pharmacy within 2, 5 or 10 miles, with pack size, quantity and urgency (Patient waiting / Not urgent). |
| Request feed | Incoming requests sorted by open, then urgency, then distance. Tap one to reveal Confirm we have it. |
| 30-minute hold | Confirming holds the stock for the patient. The asking pharmacy sees the redirection steps and a live countdown. Requests close as dispensed, cancelled or expired. |
| Handover chat | Text-only chat between the two pharmacies while stock is held. Patient details are refused, in the browser and in the database. |
| Push notifications | Alerts for new requests and answers, even when NearShelf is closed (installable as an app; works on iPhone from the Home Screen). |
| Show to patients | Choose, medicine by medicine, what appears on the public finder, and see how often patients viewed it. |
Patients (no account)
| Feature | What it does |
|---|
Find your medicine (/find) | Search a medicine and postcode; see pharmacies that chose to list it and confirmed it in the last 2 hours, with Call and Directions. |
| How to move a prescription | Clear steps: call first, then ask the current pharmacy to release it, ask the GP surgery to send it, or change nomination in the NHS App. |
| Nothing stored | No accounts, no forms. Location is used for the search, then forgotten. Only anonymous per-day view counts are kept for pharmacies. |
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