Category M prices to increase by £15m per month from August 2019, announces PSNC Category M reimbursement prices are to increase by £15m a month from August 2019, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has announced following discussions with the Department of Health and Social Care.…
John Nuttall to retire as chief executive of Well Pharmacy Well Pharmacy has announced that its chief executive, John Nuttall, will retire from the company in autumn 2019 after 17 years at the helm.…
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.…
Business confidence in community pharmacy rises for second year since cuts announced, survey reveals Business confidence among community pharmacists in England has risen for the second year in a row, according to the results of the annual Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking Healthcare Confidence Index.…
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.…
Boots’s parent company to consider ‘consolidation’ of low-performing stores in the UK The parent company of Boots has said it will consider “consolidation” of low-performing stores in the UK following a “disappointing” financial year.…
Community pharmacy: experiencing severe turbulence The warning lights are flashing, but 2019 could mark a turning point.…
Community pharmacy funding unchanged, but Category M prices up by £10m per month Funding for community pharmacy will continue at its current level until negotiations on a new community pharmacy contract are concluded, the government has said.…
Pharmacy2U dispensed nearly a quarter of a million prescriptions monthly in 2017/2018 The UK’s largest online pharmacy dispensed an average of nearly a quarter of a million items every month in 2017/2018 — more than any other distance-selling pharmacy.…
