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NHS blasts pharmacies over 'escalating' closures

NHS Lothian has written to all community pharmacists in the health board region to warn of the impact short-notice pharmacy closures are having.

09 Jul 2021

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'Financial gain from Covid jabs service outweighs costs'

Independent pharmacies stand to reap financial benefits by participating in the Covid-19 vaccination programme, a London pharmacist has said. 

07 Jul 2021

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Echo rebrands to LloydsDirect as it exceeds 500k patients

Online pharmacy Echo is rebranding to LloydsDirect by LloydsPharmacy as it passes the milestone of 500,000 patient nominations. 

07 Jul 2021

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Management team buys Mr Pickfords in £14m deal

The management team at the Leicester pharmacy chain have completed a management buy-out of the company in a deal valued at over £14m.  

06 Jul 2021

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Boots MD apologises for saying primary care 'disappeared' during Covid

Boots UK managing director Seb James has apologised for saying that primary care "more or less disappeared" during the Covid-19 pandemic.  

06 Jul 2021

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Boots UK making 'significant rebound' says WBA

Boots UK has begun to make a "significant rebound" as the easing of pandemic restrictions improves sales figures, its parent company has said. 

05 Jul 2021

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Dukes: Govt was never going to write off £370m

The PSNC's call on the Government to write off the £370m advance "was never going to be agreed" by the Treasury, says chief exec Simon Dukes. 

05 Jul 2021

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LloydsPharmacy provides lateral flow tests in Scotland and Wales

LloydsPharmacy said the tests can be taken at home and are being provided in 191 stores in Scotland and 81 in Wales.

01 Jul 2021

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Government delay in agreeing Covid costs a disgrace says Meader

Numark's Jeremy Meader has criticised the government over the time taken to reach agreement on reimbursement of pharmacies' Covid costs

01 Jul 2021

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Positive response to Covid costs deal but long-term concerns persist

Pharmacy bodies have reacted largely positively to the improved terms offered for the reimbursement of Covid costs for pharmacies in England 

29 Jun 2021

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LloydsPharmacy rolls out 15-minute LFT service with result certificate

LloydsPharmacy has introduced a 15-minute lateral flow test with a dated test result certificate in more than 1,000 of its branches

29 Jun 2021

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Boots rolls out 'pay as you go' Online Doctor service

Consultation costs start from £15 inclusive of prescription costs for the 45 healthare conditions covered by the new service

29 Jun 2021

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PSNC reaches deal with government on pharmacies' Covid costs

But the Treasury insists that pharmacies start paying back the £370m advance payments in six monthly instalments starting from October

28 Jun 2021

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Alliance & Alloga deliver 24m vaccine doses

Medicines wholesaler Alliance Healthcare’s logistics subsidiary Alloga UK has delivered 24.6 million doses of coronavirus vaccine since December 2020, it has been announced.

25 Jun 2021

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Lloyds losses exceed £175m

LloydsPharmacy's losses increased by just under 10 per cent in the year to March 2020, its latest accounts reveal.

25 Jun 2021

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Over 95% of items dispensed via EPS

Prescriptions sent via EPS account for more than 95 per cent of total items dispensed in England.

25 Jun 2021

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