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More appeals to open pharmacies turned down in 2024 than in each of two previous years

Exclusive: Out of the 103 appeals ruled on by NHS Resolution between October 2021 and September 2024, 60% were rejected.…

Boots pharmacy sales up 10% in fourth quarter of 2024

Boots UK attributes the sales increase to the launch of Pharmacy First, a record year for travel vaccinations and increasing demand for Boots Online Doctor.…

Boots confirms store closure programme will be completed in summer 2024

Boots UK said the remaining pharmacy closures are part of already announced plans to close 300 pharmacies, announced in June 2023.…

Residents lodge complaint with ICB after proposal to reopen a closed pharmacy is rejected

Despite more than 900 signatures petitioning to keep it open, the former Boots on Southmead Road in Bristol closed in January 2024.…

Boots UK shuts online mental health service to new patients

Exclusive: The multiple launched the online service in 2022, but says it is now at capacity and will be “temporarily paused” to new patients.…

NHS data reveal net loss of more than 400 community pharmacies England over the past year

The Company Chemists' Association says that 35% of pharmacy closures since 2015/2016 have happened in the top 20% of the most deprived parts of the country.…

Meeting May 2024 Pharmacy First payment thresholds is ‘an area of risk’, warns Community Pharmacy England

The concerns are backed by the results of a survey of independent pharmacy owners carried out by the Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies, which revealed 19% of respondents said the minimum monthly thresholds are "unachievable".…

Boots offers private COVID-19 vaccination service at almost £100 per jab

The multiple will offer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination privately at 52 locations across England.…

Boots to expand recycling scheme for medicine blister packs

The multiple already offers the scheme in some stores, but plans to roll it out more widely early in 2024.…

Pharmacy negotiator warns chancellor of effect of National Living Wage on community pharmacies

Jeremy Hunt announced in the autumn statement that the National Living Wage would increase from £10.42 to £11.44 per hour from April 2024.…