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Boots parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has offloaded Boots employees’ pension scheme in “the largest single transaction of its kind”, it has announced.
Boots’ parent company last week (November 24) announced that it had secured a £4.8 billion deal to hand over responsibility for all Boots pensions to financial service provider Legal and General (L&G) over the next two years.
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Margaret Billings sustained fatal injuries when she was caught between a moving boat and a riverbank during a day out “with family and friends”, an inquest has found.
C+D rounds up some of the immediate pharmacy reaction to news that NHS England will be abolished, with more control moving back to the government and local leaders…
Wes Streeting has revealed that the DH is “immediately” working to scrap NHS England (NHSE) and put a new “transformation team” in place – adding that it is in the “very final stages” of concluding a new pharmacy contract deal.
Boots has issued a recall for 120,000 packs of its own brand paracetamol due to “incorrect packaging” and called on customers to return the product for a “full refund”.
Asda has launched the “UK’s first” adult earache service at over 220 of its pharmacies in England to “[reduce] the burden on NHS services”, with same day appointments available and priced at £25.
