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A West Virginia jury has recommended that no “mercy” be shown to a pharmacist found guilty of murdering her husband to stop him from discovering her Ponzi scheme.
Boots’ parent company has halted its quarterly stockholders’ dividend pay-out in a move aimed at “strengthening WBA’s balance sheet”.
The PDA has revealed that three-quarters of pharmacists have been pressured to undertake Pharmacy First consultations, while the same proportion warned they cannot “safely deliver” the service.
Boots parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has seen its shares plummet amid reports that its talks to “sell itself” to a private equity firm are “mostly dead” and unlikely to result in a sale.
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Pharmacists should be used to their “full potential” to make a “bigger” contribution to public health rather than being asked “to rely on the sale of cosmetics”, a member of the House of Lords has argued.
CPE has urged pharmacies to “check your invoices” after some were wrongly charged almost £2,000 per pack against NHS prescriptions for cholesterol-lowering medication Inclisiran.
An Exeter pharmacy was left locked out of its premises by its GP landlord following months of negotiations over “extortionate” rental costs, C+D has learned.
A ‘ghost sign’ for a pharmacy that traded over a hundred years ago has been uncovered on an escape room’s shopfront during a refurbishment.
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has warned that it will investigate Pharmacy First claims, with payments only made to pharmacy owners whose claims are found to be “lawful”.
Storm Éowyn has temporarily shut down some Northern Irish pharmacies after the Met Office issued a red weather warning that “represents a likely danger to life and severe disruption”.
A pharmacist has received a six-figure loan from the Welsh government to open a new pharmacy with rentable consultation rooms for other “independent contractors”.
68% of UK pharmacy owners surveyed by pharmacy brokers Christie & Co want to “buy and/or sell” in 2025, as the average price of pharmacies sold and asking price achieved in 2024 both dropped according to a new report.
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has revealed that its losses increased 296% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025.
Northern Ireland has become the only country in the UK to extend its NHS flu vaccination programme to the 50-64 age group amid increasing pressure on hospitals.
As we enter the new year, pharmacies have filed their annual accounts – with reports ranging from “satisfactory” profits to multimillion-pound losses...
The GP body has warned that “any closures” in the pharmacy network will add pressure to GPs “struggling to meet demand”.
Close to 2,000 pharmacies are taking part in a two-day national strike calling for “higher wages” and “lower work pressure” less than two months after their previous strike.
New caps on the maximum number of paid Pharmacy First consultations have begun this month, rising between 55% and 94% across different types of pharmacies.
NPA analysis has revealed that the £20 million Pharmacy Access Scheme funded by the pharmacy contract failed to protect dozens of isolated pharmacies from closing since 2022.