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68% of UK pharmacy owners surveyed by pharmacy brokers Christie & Co want to “buy and/or sell” in 2025, as the average price of pharmacies sold and asking price achieved in 2024 both dropped according to a new report.

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has set out five “tests” for a funding deal and warned that it will “not hesitate” to recommend collective action if these are not met.

As we enter the new year, pharmacies have filed their annual accounts – with reports ranging from “satisfactory” profits to multimillion-pound losses...

Close to 2,000 pharmacies are taking part in a two-day national strike calling for “higher wages” and “lower work pressure” less than two months after their previous strike.

A Norfolk pharmacy has been forced to ask patients to pick up their medicines from another collection point after a tree smashed through its roof on New Year’s Eve.

NPA analysis has revealed that the £20 million Pharmacy Access Scheme funded by the pharmacy contract failed to protect dozens of isolated pharmacies from closing since 2022.

The pharmacy minister has revealed government plans to implement hub-and-spoke legislation this year.

The Company Chemists’ Association has announced the 47-strong Lincolnshire Co-op “will be joining as a member” at the start of next year.

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has found that the fitness to practice (FtP) of a pharmacist who was in charge when patient confidentiality was breached by the “fly-tipping” of medical waste in an “unsecure location” is “no longer impaired”.

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