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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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1Due to shortages in coal tar scalp ointment, the DHSC has asked the manufacturer of an equivalent product - Sebco - to provide increased stock levels to support patients during this time.
0Pharmacies in Scotland have been asked to ensure they have the “appropriate stock” of naloxone – a medicine used to reverse the effects of an opiate overdose – following an “increase in sudden collapse” due to overdoses.
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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.
