Businesses
0Community pharmacies now have access to a patient’s GP record at the point of delivering any NHS clinical pharmacy service, C+D has learned.
1Four Morrisons pharmacies across England are set to close their doors for good, the supermarket has announced.
0Consultation numbers for a pharmacy service provider’s weight management service have grown “exponentially” in the last year, C+D has learned.
1Alliance Healthcare has revealed “plans to close” two Midlands service centres and proposed cuts at another, putting hundreds of jobs at risk.
0The Danish drugmaker has launched a “direct-to-patient” pharmacy, offering "all dose strengths of Wegovy at a reduced cost”.
9Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has “entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired” by private equity firm Sycamore Partners.
0Members of parliament have argued that the government has not “properly considered” the effects of the upcoming National Insurance Contributions (NICs) hike on community pharmacies.
1Paydens Pharmacy has announced the rollout of a private prescribing service that allows patients to access same-day care “without needing to see their GP” for £15 per consultation.
0A Liberal Democrat analysis of an ONS Health Insight Survey said thousands of patients were forced to visit an urgent care service or a GP in less than a month due to “their usual pharmacy being unable to fill their NHS prescription”
12Dozens of pharmacy staff have been left unpaid after Sarbjit Singh ‘Charlie’ Jhooty bought three pharmacies from a group of doctors, with one claiming to be owed £17k and another missing money needed to “clothe and feed her four-week-old baby”, C+D has learned.