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Norfolk likely to lose four more pharmacies including a Boots store next year

The county in the East of England has seen closure of six pharmacies in recent months Boots is reportedly closing another branch in Watton,...

Living wage hike to incur up to £195 million in costs for pharmacy sector: CPE

Pharmacies have experienced a 30 per cent real terms funding reduction since 2015. The proposed increase in the national living wage (NLW) is expected to...

NHS capital budgets need to nearly double to enable 21st century patient care

Greater funding is required if the NHS is to meet stretching productivity targets of 2 per cent by 2030, say NHS leaders  Health leaders have...

England lost more than 1,000 pharmacies in the last eight years, says CCA

Community pharmacies are currently facing a worrying mix of funding, workforce, and workload pressures The Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) has highlighted a worrying trend...

‘Closure of Lloyds Pharmacy branches will wake-up ministers to reality of funding crisis faced by community pharmacy’

Lloyds Pharmacy’s closure of all its 1,300 branches will wake-up the ministers and NHS officials to the reality of community pharmacy sector in England...

NPA survey: Majority of independent pharmacy owners witness negative cashflow in 2022

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) survey revealed that 93 per cent of respondents experienced ‘at least one month’ of negative cash flow across their...