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for investigation. The deal was approved and the outlets were rebranded as Lloyds. With the addition of
Sainsbury’s pharmacies, there were around 1800 LloydsPharmacy branches around the UK, employing more than 19,000 people. In October 2017, Lloyds announced that it would close or sell 190 of its
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reported that "The prices of more than 20,000 drugs could have been artificially inflated, with backhanders paid to chemists who agreed to sell them". In particular it was alleged that Lloyds was charging the NHS £89.50 for packets of cod liver oil, when other suppliers could provide it for £3.15.
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over a dispute of phased dispensing to medical card holders. Lloyds put a patient’s monthly medication into four separate trays, one for each seven-day period. The drugs were supplied to the patient in a single visit. This boosted Lloyds income by up to €600 per year for each medical card holder.
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McKesson UK rebranded as Hallo
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In 2020–2021, revenue from its online pharmacy LloydsDirect was 731% more than the previous year, though there was a 9.6% decrease in turnover for the company as a whole. In March 2021, there were 1,351 LloydsPharmacy branches, decreased from 1,427 in 2020.
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available in communities across the UK. Following this sale, Lloyds
Pharmacy Ltd is no longer part of Hallo Healthcare Group or operating pharmacies. Expert Health acquired the rights to the Lloyds Pharmacy name and maintains an online presence.
288:. In January 2023, Lloyds announced that it would withdraw from all Sainsbury's in-store pharmacies during that year. The online prescription service LloydsDirect was sold to rival company
229:' Hills Pharmacy network to form a network of 1300 pharmacies. The merged company used the Lloyds Pharmacy name from January 1998. Celesio was bought in 2014 by American healthcare company
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supermarkets for £125 million in a deal that transferred all 2500 Sainsbury's pharmacy employees to the company. In
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