Lloydspharmacy

The pharmacy chain has taken over the running of four London hospital pharmacies from Lloydspharmacy, a hospital trust has announced.

“The uncertain future of pharmacy funding” has contributed to the company’s multi-million-pound loss, its annual report has said.

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

A coroner has raised concerns about the lack of “guidance” for pharmacists in a report on an elderly patient who died after taking medication from her husband’s “identical” dosette box.

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 Lloydspharmacy worker who stole Ozempic from the Widnes pharmacy she worked at has been given a suspended sentence of 29 weeks in prison.

The UK’s “largest independent pure-play pharmaceutical wholesaler” could be sold by its private equity owner Aurelius by the end of the year, the Financial Times has reported.

The former pharmacy chain’s parent company has announced plans to exit contracts at 64 pharmacy sites operated by Lloydspharmacy Healthcare Services (LP HCS Ltd).

Cheaper rental costs and the way people collect their prescriptions is leading another pharmacy to quit a health centre for the high street.