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Welsh Government faces cross-party pressure on pharmacy funding

‘How is that fair?’: Reimbursement challenges raised in the Senedd

09 Nov 2026

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Pharmacy fails to overturn £600 Pharmacy First clawback

NHS Resolution finds against pharmacy after verification exercise

06 Nov 2026

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Australian retailer Chemist Warehouse opens first UK pharmacy

‘Fantastic start’: Joint venture with Green Light Pharmacy sees first store rebranded

06 Nov 2026

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Scottish pharmacy company ‘breached terms of bank facility’ say administrators

Business opened two bank accounts without Metro Bank's knowledge, report claims

05 Nov 2026

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Ex-Phlo CEO ordered to pay £1.7m over concealed pharmacy payments

Online pharmacy’s former CEO found to have breached Companies Act

03 Nov 2026

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Allcures puts 15 pharmacies into administration ahead of sale to London group

Allcures sells its branches in southern England through pre-packaged administration

02 Nov 2026

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Member of the public stabbed in Boots branch as he ‘tried to stop shoplifter’

Police making urgent enquiries to locate suspect in Friday morning incident

02 Nov 2026

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Challenging year for Scottish pharmacy chain as operating losses deepen

Lindsay & Gilmour focusing on private service delivery on foot of a ‘challenging year’

29 Oct 2026

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‘No clear relief for pharmacies’: Autumn Budget confirms 4% living wage hike

Healey announces hourly wage for over-21s to rise to £13.21 next April

28 Oct 2026

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Rising drug costs force three pharmacies into administration after missing payroll

Pharmacies in Chester and Walsall left unable to pay staff as costs spiralled

27 Oct 2026

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Every pharmacy generates almost £3m in net social value, says CPE

CPE-commissioned economic analysis finds sector generates over £30bn in value a year

22 Oct 2026

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‘Scandal’: One in 10 go without medicines due to £9.90 prescription charge

NPA survey finds widespread affordability concerns among patients in England

22 Oct 2026

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Items per pharmacy in England up for fifth successive year, figures reveal

In 2025,26, an additional 2.49 million items were issued following Pharmacy First consultations, a 32 per cent rise from 2024-25.

19 Oct 2026

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Pharmacist jailed for six years after £1.3m NHS fraud conviction

London pharmacist Jignesh Patel and associate jailed for six years

16 Oct 2026

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Knight Pharmacy acquires 24 pharmacies ‘that may otherwise have closed’

Chain grows from 54 to 78 branches with eight-figure loan

16 Oct 2026

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Tribunal orders insolvent DSP to award payment to 20 redundant employees

Former employees of Universal Pharmacy have their complaint upheld at Norwich Employment Tribunal

14 Oct 2026

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