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0Fresh liquidation accounts have revealed that Lloydspharmacy has paid half a million pounds to former owners, but that payments for “non-preferential” creditors are “wholly dependent” on a successful tax appeal.
7The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has announced that it is advising its 6,000 member pharmacies to limit services and reduce opening hours in protest against “unsustainable” funding.
2Award-winning Wicker Pharmacy has moved out of one of its premises in the hope this will save up to £60,000 a year to stay “sustainable”, it told C+D.
1M&D Green has bought nine Scottish community pharmacies from Northern Ireland-based Gordons Chemists in its “largest acquisition to date”.
12The pharmacy regulator has revealed that it has “opened an investigation into the concerns raised” by a coroner after a man who was unable to get his prescription died.
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.
0Despite a "scary" sinkhole opening outside, Godstone Pharmacy is still serving patients despite disrupted water supplies, poor access to the premises, and no word from the council if it is in danger of falling in.
1A handful of pharmacies are registered National Lottery retailers. As pharmacies evolve into more retail spaces, C+D explores the ethical concerns around offering gambling in a pharmacy...
1While branch numbers at some multiples have remained steady over the last year, C+D analysis has found that others, notably Boots, have taken a hit.
4A Devon town mayor has raised the alarm on the “latest issues” at the local Jhoots pharmacy branch, which have seen the town left without its pharmacy services.