Event recap

Bill Esterson MP and Jo Platt visit our Leigh Service Centre

Bill Esterson MP and Jo Platt visited Alliance Healthcare's Leigh Service Centre for a site tour and a discussion of sustainability and the team's work supplying medicines across the north-west.


On Friday 10 May we hosted a visit from Bill Esterson, MP for Sefton Central, and Jo Platt, now MP for Leigh and Atherton, to Alliance Healthcare's Leigh Service Centre.

The pair were given a full site tour by Leigh's service centre manager, Zakir Patel, to showcase the sites capabilities and highlight its important role in delivering medicine to community pharmacists and hospitals in the northwest.

The pair also had the opportunity to meet members of the 280-strong team and get a better understanding of the vital work carried out at our service centre.

We discussed sustainability and the UK's net zero ambitions, as well as Alliance Healthcare's own sustainability credentials.

We would like to thank all those involved in the visit and a special thanks to those at the Leigh Service Centre for their continued hard work and dedication to create healthier futures.

Jo Platt MP, Bill Esterson MP and Alliance Healthcare Leigh Service Centre General Manager Zakir Patel at the Leigh Service Centre
Jo Platt, now MP for Leigh and Atherton, Bill Esterson, MP for Sefton Central, and Alliance Healthcare Leigh Service Centre General Manager Zakir Patel.

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