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Walgreens Boots Alliance confirms that 28 Boots stores have been closed

Walgreens Boots Alliance has confirmed that 28 Boots stores in the UK have been closed, out of a planned programme of 200 store closures.…

Well Pharmacy to fulfil 43 million prescriptions per year through centralised dispensing

Well Pharmacy is expecting to fulfil six in ten of its repeat prescriptions from a central dispensing hub following a year-long rollout to hundreds of its pharmacies in the UK.…

Boots to send out centrally dispensed items in compostable bags after public backlash

Boots is set to replace the plastic prescription bags it distributes from the company’s dispensing support pharmacy with bags that are 100% compostable.…

LloydsPharmacy to send out centrally dispensed items in recyclable bags from 2020

LloydsPharmacy is making all 6 million of its centrally produced prescription bags recyclable, the multiple has announced.…

LloydsPharmacy parent company reveals 19% fall in quarterly profits

McKesson, the parent company of LloydsPharmacy, has reported an adjusted operating profit of US$43m in the past three months — 19% less than the profit made in the same financial quarter in 2018/2019.…

Boots closes 18 stores in four months

Boots has closed 18 stores in the past four months and has said it will hit its planned closure programme target of 200 pharmacies by the end of August 2020, following a continued decline in profit since 2018.…

Boots to trial video GP consultations

Boots is to pilot an in-store video GP service that, it says, could increase patient access to healthcare services.…

LloydsPharmacy parent company says funding cuts and low prescriptions hit profits

LloydsPharmacy’s parent company has cited NHS funding cuts and low prescription volumes in the UK as the main reasons for a 53% fall in profits across its European business.…

Boots trials language interpretation service in five stores

An on-demand interpretation service for non-English speaking pharmacy patients is being trialled by Boots.…

LloydsPharmacy to close branch after NHS Property Services ‘doubles’ rent

A LloydsPharmacy branch is to close after the property’s rent was doubled by the government-run management company, the multiple’s parent company has said.…