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‘Why Boots’ new strategy could be an opportunity for independents’

When Boots announced it is planning to close around 200 branches, I was initially surprised that even the UK’s largest multiple couldn’t hack the...

16/09/2019 7

Zameer Choudrey: I look forward contributing to the continued advancement of our great country

CEO of Well Pharmacy’s parent company appointed to House of Lords

Zameer Choudrey joined Bestway Group as financial controller in 1984 and was promoted to chief executive in 2004, overseeing the acquisition of Well...

11/09/2019 1

Boots is set to close 200 loss-making pharmacies over the next 18 months

Four Boots branches shut following announcement of 200 closures

Boots’ parent company announced in June that it is looking to “reduce [its] store count by 8%” in the UK through an “optimisation programme” that...

09/09/2019 2

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Mark Bather: Reducing volume in branches will help free up pharmacists to provide more services

Rowlands chief: Introducing automated MDS dispensing was a challenge

In response to the funding cuts in England, Rowlands revealed to C+D in 2017 that it would move the preparation of monitored dosage systems (MDS)...

06/09/2019 1

Boots also plans to pilot a private version of the service in its London Liverpool Street branch

Boots to pilot GP video service in pharmacy consultation rooms

As of yesterday (September 5), patients are able to request to have a GP consultation by video in a Boots branch in the Peacock Centre in Woking,...

06/09/2019 4

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Mark Bather: I'm not a pharmacist, but that's not my job

Rowlands Pharmacy’s vision: A bricks-and-mortar and digital mix

It would have come as quite a shock for many in the sector when Rowlands exclusively revealed to C+D in June that its managing director Kenny Black...

06/09/2019 0