NHS BSA is in talks with the Government to protect the Pharmacy Earlier Payment Scheme as finance company Greensill faces collapse. 

Anderson warned that 30 to 50 per cent of pharmacies “could close in the next few years".

Community pharmacy’s representative bodies have expressed their disappointment with a new Government budget described as “exasperating".

Pharmacy chain Avicenna has increased the size of its estate from 44 to 101 with the acquisition of Dudley Taylor Pharmacies Ltd. 

Medicspot partnership will help member pharmacies comply with new guidance on supplying test kits, says NPA

PSNC writes to chancellor Rishi Sunak ahead of today’s budget announcement to warn him that “many pharmacies” could be forced to close.

AT Medics acquisition makes US-owned Operose largest GP surgery operator in UK.

Well Pharmacy has said it has completed a deal to buy the Norfolk-based chain Pharma-Z.

The five-year contract for pharmacies in England must be redrawn to give the sector a stronger footing within the NHS, says AIMp chief Hannbeck.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has dismissed pharmaceutical company Lexon’s appeal against a £1.2m fine for breaking competition law. 

LloydsPharmacy employees in the Newcastle area are helping to vaccinate NHS workers against Covid-19. 

NHS prescription charges will rise to £9.35 per prescription item from April 1, an increase of 20p on the current charge. 

NAWP president Naina Chotai has urged pharmacy employers to publish data on gender pay gaps as soon as possible.

Over 600 pharmacies in England have closed since 2016 and 200 in the last year alone, with those in deprived areas worst affected says PSNC chief.

Superdrug has become the first high street retailer in the UK to launch a saliva-based PCR home-use test for coronavirus. 

Medicine Box Ltd says it was paid £20 million of a £40 million contract for PPE up front by the government.  

Trade union Unison has said it is in dispute with LloydsPharmacy parent  McKesson UK and will ballot members on possible industrial action. 

The British Generic Manufacturers Association (BGMA) has announced that Mark Samuels is to be its new chief executive.

Morrisons has confirmed it will allow its pharmacists working in Scotland to access a £500 Government payment after managers refused this. 

As stories surface of business owners stating staff must have the Covid-19 vaccine to work, a lawyer considers the practical and legal issues.