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Temporary pharmacy closures adding to ‘deepening crisis’ in sector

Older people and rural communities hit hardest, says Healthwatch England.

26 Sep 2024 , 4 Min Article

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Pharmacy branches the fastest disappearing high street businesses

PwC analysis shows pharmacies, pubs and banks make up half of high street closures

12 Sep 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Rising drug prices in Northern Ireland ‘grossly unfair and unsustainable’

Community Pharmacy Northern Ireland wants a drug tariff specifically for the country as pharmacies continue to close.

06 Sep 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Rural ‘pharmacy deserts’ threaten medicine supplies, says NPA

Rural areas risk being left as ‘pharmacy deserts’ if current pharmacy closure rates continue, says the National Pharmacy Association. The recent wave of closures has seen nearly nine in 10 council areas across England losing community pharmacies.

03 Sep 2024 , 3 Min Article

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Pharmacy owners don’t know how long they can remain open as pressures bite

Nearly a sixth of community pharmacies in England could close within a year, CPE pressures survey warns.

27 Aug 2024 , 3 Min Article

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Number of pharmacies in England will “slump” to lowest level in 20 years, warns NPA

The NPA has warned pharmacy numbers will fall to less than 10,000 by the end of September.

16 Aug 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Closures have created ‘pharmacy deserts’ across England, data shows

The largest number of people per pharmacy was in the South-East with 6,024, followed by the East of England with 5,327.

01 Jul 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Pharmacy numbers reach 10-year low in Northern Ireland

Government report reveals a net closure of 14 pharmacies across Northern Ireland.

27 Jun 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Sunak is ‘glossing over' pharmacy’s ‘financial crisis,’ says NPA chief

The NPA today took a large invoice to the Department of Health and Social Care for £108 million.

16 May 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy closures in England are ‘skyrocketing’, NPA warns

Drawing on NHS figures, the NPA said 177 pharmacies closed between January and April 2024 compared with 116 in the same period last year.

15 May 2024 , 1 Min Article

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NHS figures show net loss of 432 pharmacies in England in 2023-24

The Company Chemists’ Association has warned that the situation is having “a disastrous impact on patients”.

02 May 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Jhoots branch closed with repossession notice from bailiff company

Staff turned up for work at the Rainham branch on Friday morning to discover “several notices up in the window”.

22 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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People on deprived estate will die if it has no pharmacy, warns councillor

Jeremy Blatchford told North Somerset Council the closure of a Boots branch in Weston-super-Mare will leave it without a pharmacy.

16 Feb 2024 , 3 Min Article

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