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The “vast majority” of ex-Lloydspharmacy branches have been snapped up by “independent or small local multiple operators”, pharmacy broker Christie & Co has revealed.

A Rowlands Pharmacy branch has reopened its doors after working from a portacabin for over three weeks due to damage caused by a fire in its original premises.

Novo Nordisk induced multiple “large” pharmacy chains to prescribe one of its weight loss drugs by providing “free of charge” sharps bins, needles and injection-pen travel wallets, the prescription medicine self-regulatory body has found.  

Almost six thousand working days were lost to temporary pharmacy closures in 2023, new data from Healthwatch has revealed.  

With the previous leading pharmacy suspended from providing the Pharmacy First scheme, find out which pharmacy has taken over as the leading provider of Pharmacy First minor illness referral consultations…

Jhoots’ annual report has revealed that directors are “confident of [its] future prospects” and have paid their other businesses thousands of pounds in “management fees”, despite suffering losses for another year. 

Four pharmacies that have provided some of the highest numbers of Pharmacy First consultations have been suspended from the scheme, C+D has learned.

While some multiples have kept costs cut, all but one of the biggest pharmacy chains have upped the price of private winter flu jabs for 2024…  

The locum booking platform has announced a new scheme offering five final-year MPharm students £1,000 “to support their education” and the opportunity to become “brand ambassadors”. 

Derbyshire multiple Peak Pharmacy saw “difficult trading conditions” affect profitability despite rising sales, its annual report has revealed.