In July 2023, the editor of Chemist and Druggist in the UK, wrote an article about the pharmacy closures. At the time of writing she wrote that 550 pharmacies were closing in the next 18 months. The corporation pharmacies have been leaving the food stores, Sainsbury's, Tesco's, ASDA, and in 2024, the Co-Op too.
Were the food stores charging to much to rent the space, did they require their own space back or are the big guys getting out of the market, or just consolidating?
Our local pharmacy is a large Boots and they've had to close their drive through stating that they can't get the staff. Not enough pharmacists to go around. Especially now that GP surgeries have been hiring people with pharmacy training on the ARRS scheme.
So how many pharmacists do we have in the UK? This link from 2023 says that we have 80,000 employed and self-employed pharmacists in the UK. The number has fluctuated since 2010, but has increased by a net of 30 thousand since the beginning of the provide time interval. That is a big increase isn't it?
https://www.statista.com/statistics/318874/numbers-of-pharmacists-in-the-uk/
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