Closures

Almost 30% of US retail pharmacies closed in the decade between 2010 and 2021, a new study has revealed.

New analysis by the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has found that the UK is “one of the worst countries in the OECD” for pharmacy provision.

New analysis of pharmacy closure data has found that pharmacies “will cease trading” within 15 years if nothing is done to stop closures.

The pharmacy minister has told MPs that community pharmacies’ “decisions to close reflect many factors” amid concerns about the declining numbers in the sector.

The Independent Pharmacies Association (IPA) has warned that many of the pharmacies that were formerly part of the Lloydspharmacy estate are facing difficulties.

The multiple's parent company has revealed some 1,200 “future expected store closures” amid a 10% year-on-year pharmacy sales growth from Boots UK.

The previous health secretary has slated Wes Streeting for “casting doubt” on Pharmacy First, while he has asked her “how many pharmacies went bust on her watch”. 

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

“There’s not enough being spent” on community pharmacy, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has warned.

Northern Ireland has reached its lowest number of pharmacies in the past decade as dispensing volumes increase amid “additional strain and workload on community pharmacies”, data has revealed.