Boots

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has claimed that Boots’ parent company “systematically pressured its pharmacists to fill prescriptions quickly”, despite clear “red flags” and patient deaths.

Boots has appointed a new pharmacy boss, Simon Gregg, who will step into the position next week after leaving his role as Asda’s chief retail officer.

A locum has been left “disgusted that a huge pharmacy such as Boots” cancelled his locum shift at short notice, in a move that is “getting quite commonplace”, C+D has learned.

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has revealed that its losses increased 296% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025.

Boots parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has remained taciturn amid fresh rumours that it is in talks to “sell itself” to a private equity firm in the new year.

Boots has signed a letter to the Chancellor stating that the “sheer scale of new costs” introduced by the budget – including a rise in employer national insurance contributions (NICs) and the national living wage – will “make job losses inevitable”.

Boots has launched a private respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination service in 75 stores across the UK for those who aren’t eligible for a free NHS vaccination.

Some 96% of voting Boots Pharmacists’ Association (BPA) members have voted in favour of a merger with the Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA).

A Jhoots Pharmacy branch has been issued a second bailiff notice after it moved from an ex-Lloydspharmacy to a premise previously own by Boots.

The Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) has urged Boots pharmacists to submit internal complaints by the start of December so that they are “covered” by any “legally binding final decision” by the ombudsman on pension benefits.