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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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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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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

script-summary

NHSE: Decision not to raise consultation fee for IP service ‘very deliberate’

NHS explains why pharmacies won’t get more than £17 Pharmacy First fee for prescribing

13 Oct 2026

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Rowlands posts £1.76m loss as items and OTC sales decline

Revenue up over £300m thanks to hospital sites but loss deepens year-on-year

13 Oct 2026

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AAH: Our service ‘hasn’t been where it needs to be’

Move to ‘tiered’ membership levels has caused service disruption, wholesaler admits

12 Oct 2026

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New market entries being granted on ‘spurious’ grounds says Day Lewis director

Market entry is a ‘big issue’ says Jay Patel at the 2026 Pharmacy Show

11 Oct 2026

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Managers of large Boots stores to earn £67k in new pay deal

All pharmacists in bargaining group to get a 3.4 per pay rise from November

08 Oct 2026

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Contractor hands back £720k in hypertension fees as BSA cracks down

Exclusive: NHSBSA recovers £1.5m for primary care recovery plan services since January 2025

07 Oct 2026

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London pharmacist obtained leukaemia drugs with false prescriptions to sell to Europe

Pair found guilty after causing a £1.3m loss to the NHS over high-cost drugs

07 Oct 2026

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‘Definitive agreement’: Boots UK & Ireland sold for £6.7bn to Weston family

Sale of Boots Group businesses expected to go through in first quarter of 2027

07 Oct 2026

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Online pharmacy loses appeal after ‘selling GSL medicines over the counter’

Wakefield DSP fails to have breach notice overturned on appeal

06 Oct 2026

medicine-money-summary

‘Alarming’: Monthly price concessions record broken yet again

A total of 268 concessions granted in September

06 Oct 2026

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NPA posts £2m profit as insurance revenue rises by 15%

Trade body ‘continues to be successful in recruiting new members’ say annual accounts

05 Oct 2026

needle-summary

Beautician fined for unlawful POM possession after running aesthetics clinic from her home

Coleraine beautician fined £1,500 and a £15 offender levy

05 Oct 2026

budget-summary

CPE runs £67k deficit as PR and staffing costs rise

Negotiator says deficit does not reflect ‘underlying financial pressure’

02 Oct 2026

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