Boots to scrap plastic bags from its stores Boots has announced it is scrapping plastic carrier bags from its stores and will instead use brown paper bags as standard.…
LloydsPharmacy’s parent company buys repeat prescription app LloydsPharmacy’s parent company, McKesson UK, has bought the online repeat prescription app ‘Echo’ — one of several pharmacy apps now on the NHS Digital app library.…
Malcolm Harrison: ‘Expect considerable pressure from staff shortages in the next 18 months’ Malcolm Harrison, lobbyist for the UK’s largest pharmacy chains, talks apprenticeships, branch closures and the digital challenge for pharmacy.…
Mark Bather named as managing director of Rowlands Pharmacy Mark Bather has been appointed as Rowland Pharmacy’s new managing director, after joining the company in December 2018 as retail operations director.…
Kenny Black to leave Rowlands Pharmacy after 20 years The managing director of Rowlands Pharmacy, Kenny Black, is to leave the company after 20 years to “pursue new career opportunities”.…
Fast-track lanes for prescriptions ordered using Boots app to be introduced in stores Patients will be fast-tracked and guaranteed to get their prescription within two minutes at some Boots stores, if they order repeat prescriptions using the company’s app or website, the company has announced.…
Boots sees profits fall by a fifth in 2018 Boots has reported an almost 20% decline in its 2018 profits compared to the previous year, according to its latest accounts filing.…
LloydsPharmacy parent company warns of ‘further closures’ to pharmacies LloydsPharmacy’s parent company has warned of potential “further closures” to its pharmacies as part of the continued “restructuring” in the company’s European business.…
After the ballot result: what’s next for Boots and the PDAU Now the Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union has won recognition for its representation, pharmacists employed by Boots can expect greater independence and support at work, says PDAU national officer Paul Day…
Pharmacist Support expands counselling service with funding from Boots Pharmacist Support — a charity working for pharmacists and their families, former pharmacists and pharmacy students to provide help and support — has announced that it will be able to offer personal coaching to more pharmacists after expanding its partnership with Boots.…
