Fitness to practise Noor Mohammed Zafar Shaikh, registration number 2059250, has been struck off the pharmacy register after refusing to pay back £26,000 in wages he wrongly received from the Co-operative Pharmacy, and "dishonestly" poaching patients while working at a separate business.

The Co-operative Pharmacy is continuing its expansion into secondary care, having landed a five-year outpatient dispensing deal with Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The...

More than half of people who buy medicines online do not check that they are using a regulated or reputable pharmacy, a study by the Co-operative Pharmacy has revealed. Patients are putting...

The Co-operative Pharmacy has landed a seven-year contract with a foundation trust to dispense to outpatients at two hospitals. The deal with Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust...

Daily digest As NHS reforms bludgeon their way through parliament, aspirin could provide new hope for the battle against cancer. Isobel Smith reports

C+D Awards 2012 Emma Weinbren finds out how to make the grade as a manager

The moment England's contractors had been waiting for finally arrived as the community pharmacy cost of service inquiry (COSI) was published at the height of summer. Unfortunately, the...

"A complete shambles" Numark's Mimi Lau wasn't impressed by the government's Quit Kits smoking cessation scheme The year kicked off with controversy when RCGP chair Clare Gerada...

Charity work doesn't just raise awareness and funds – it can also boost the profile of you and your pharmacy within the community, finds Emma Wilkinson in the first of a two-part series on...

Blog Co-operative Pharmacy manager Padriag McGuiness tells of his trip to a local health clinic in Togo and describes how the UNICEF funded nutritional programme is helping to make a difference in his latest blog post

Business Alliance Boots has seen another year of double-digit growth, with revenue soaring by 18.4 per cent to £23 billion and trading profits up 12.4 per cent, despite the “challenging economic environment” and a drop in UK dispensing income.

Fitness to practise Noor Mohammed Zafar Shaikh, registration number 2059250, has been struck off the pharmacy register after refusing to pay back £26,000 in wages he wrongly received from the Co-operative Pharmacy, and "dishonestly" poaching patients while working at a separate business.

Business Boots has revamped the look and feel of its pharmacies to support a new strategy that will see the health and beauty giant focusing on "condition-led care".

Boots has held a conference with 5,000 of its pharmacists and store managers to share the company's strategic vision for pharmacy and look at how the multiple can become the "number one for...

Fitness to practise Boots has defended its decision to refer a store manager - who falsified positive customer feedback for his branch in 2010 - to the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Day Lewis, the UK's largest independent multiple pharmacy chain, has backed the National Pharmacy Association (NPA), signing a three-year membership deal with the organisation. The deal, which...

Legal Health and beauty giant Boots may be forced to pay compensation to some long-term employees after an employment tribunal ruled that it acted unlawfully when it cut Sunday pay rates by a quarter last year.

To compete with supermarkets, online offerings and other brands, Boots should work to create a stronger emotional link with consumers, who see the pharmacy group largely as a functional brand, a...

Pharmacist Bolade Oluwadare Onilari, registration number 2067110, has been suspended for four months by the GPhC after falsifying customer feedback for his Boots branch in Radford, Coventry

Daily digest Yet more controversy for the health service, with routine operation waiting times not being the only thing on the rise, writes Isobel Smith