Staff at Barnsley Hospital want help naming their new latest colleague - a robot designed to distribute prescriptions.

 

The robot is based in the pharmacy in the outpatients department and aims to cut waiting times in half.

 

Michael Smith, chief pharmacist, said: "The robot won't be operational until January so we're looking for a name for it, anyone can make a suggestion."

 

The robot itself is about a metre-and-a-half wide and about two-and-a-half metres in length and measures from the ceiling to the floor.

 

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The medication is stored inside, and is distributed to staff by a picking head and arm.

 

When staff receive a prescription, they enter it into the robot, which then selects the medication.

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