Boots reports operating profit of £8m for 2021 The multiple's 2021 operating profit is a stark contrast to its operating loss of £245m in 2020.…
Boots to offer training bursaries for 500 pharmacists to become independent prescribers The bursaries form part of the multiple's plan to have a pharmacist independent prescriber in each of its stores.…
First pharmacogenomic testing service to be launched by pharmacy multiple later in 2022 Exclusive: If the Day Lewis service proves to be successful and cost effective, it could be commissioned more widely by the NHS.…
Revenue from LloydsPharmacy’s online offering increases by more than 700% in one year LloydsDirect, the online pharmacy, saw a 731% growth in revenue in the 2020/2021 fiscal year.…
LloydsPharmacy reports 11 percentage point increase in gender pay gap for 2021/2022 The median hourly pay gap at LloydsPharmacy was found to be 14.7% in favour of men, with women's mean hourly pay 32.1% lower than men's.…
Boots to provide mental health care service for £65 per month The service has been launched in response to a rise in patients asking for mental health advice and support in Boots pharmacies.…
Boots in talks with NHS England on COVID-19 vaccination programme The UK’s largest pharmacy multiple Boots is “in conversations” with NHS England about how it can help provide COVID-19 vaccines to patients, it has said.…
Superdrug relaunches at-home COVID-19 antibody testing service High-street multiple Superdrug has relaunched its at-home COVID-19 antibody testing service, after it had been ”voluntarily and temporarily” withdrawn in May 2020.…
Rowlands to cut pharmacy opening hours by ten hours per week from February 2021 Rowlands Pharmacy has said it will cut pharmacy opening hours by an average of ten hours per week early in 2021.…
Boots signs up for asymptomatic COVID-19 testing pilot Boots is taking part in a pilot to evaluate the effectiveness of asymptomatic COVID-19 testing for people in “high-contact” professions.…
