Who We Are / Our Aims

At Dean & Smedley our vision is to be the pharmacy of choice for the communities which we serve.

To provide high quality pharmacy, healthcare and related services in a way that builds strong and satisfying relationships with our customers, staff, shareholders and the local community. To commit ourselves to invest in the future of the company, the profession and healthcare.

We currently have ten pharmacies within a 15 mile radius of Burton and also central distribution facilities.
All our pharmacies have consultation rooms which are used for a large variety of services for the benefit of our patients. We have a full complement of trained staff at all levels - Medicine Counter Assistants, Dispensing Assistants, Dispensing Technicians and checkers - to enable our pharmacists to best use their time.
The Company has a caring image of its own which is fostered by regular contact between Head Office staff and shops, both formally and informally, and by the Manager with their staff at the Pharmacy.

Company History

Dean & Smedley has its origins in the business of Arthur Alwyn Dean, who traded as "A A Dean". He bought an existing pharmacy on Horninglow Road in Burton in 1927. This is the same address as our present pharmacy and head office, although it has grown somewhat since A A Dean's day!

After the Second World War, the shop was taken over by his son, John Dean. John Dean married a pharmacist who had been his apprentice. She had subsequently owned a pharmacy in Derby, trading under her own name as "Joan Smedley", and when they married an amalgamation to form a Limited Company was decided upon. The obvious name was "Dean & Smedley Ltd" and this came into existence in 1946.

Over the intervening years various businesses have been bought and sold. John Dean died in 1967 and the business was then run by Joan Dean. Their son, Richard Dean, joined the business in 1971 and became Managing Director a few years later. Joan Dean (nee Smedley) died in 2008 and Richard's daughter Lucy joined the company in 2009 and became Managing Director in 2019.