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.…
LloydsPharmacy sells all of its community pharmacy branches Hallo Healthcare Group, the parent company of LloydsPharmacy, announced in a statement that 99% of its branches would remain open under different ownership.…
The phantom pharmacy sector This month, The Pharmaceutical Journal’s health policy columnist considers the impact of recent changes to the pharmacy market.…
LloydsPharmacy ceases operating 90% of branches in 18 months Exclusive: LloydsPharmacy is running 138 pharmacies in October 2023, compared with 1,338 pharmacies in March 2022, General Pharmaceutical Council figures show.…
Boots pharmacists to get 5% pay rise and one-off bonus payment A one-off payment of £750 will be paid in August 2024 to support the extra work in setting up and running additional community pharmacy services.…
Pharmacy2U buys online pharmacy LloydsDirect The combined company will have 1.4 million electronic prescription service nominations.…
Pharmacists take legal action against LloydsPharmacy over redundancy payments Pharmacists who worked in branches of Sainsbury’s have brought a claim against LloydsPharmacy regarding enhanced redundancy payments they believe they should have received.…
Why are we ‘Booting’ out community pharmacy capacity? This month, The Pharmaceutical Journal’s health policy columnist analyses the practical and financial implications of widespread community pharmacy closures.…
Redundancy ‘a possibility’ for Boots pharmacists as it shuts 300 pharmacies, union says The Pharmacists' Defence Association said it expects at-risk Boots employees to receive “adequate redundancy compensation".…
