- Lloydspharmacy
Lloydspharmacy is the largest community
pharmacy operator in the UK. It operates over 1,700 pharmacies, located primarily within local communities and health centres.It has around 16,000 staff and is the 25th biggest UK retailer with around £1 billion turnover.
Each of the pharmacies provides a wide range of professional services to the local community, including health checks such as blood pressure testing, collecting prescriptions from local GPs and delivering them to customers. Most of their pharmacies have consultation areas for customers to speak privately with a
pharmacist .Lloydspharmacy previously used
Philippa Forrester in their TV advertising campaigns. One of their key selling points is selling medical electrical products at reduced prices to assist people in monitoring their health. For example, they sell blood pressure monitors for under £10. They also promote health issues in other ways - for example not selling suntan cream with a factor of less that 15 and offering free diabetes tests.Lloydspharmacy is the trading name of Lloyds Pharmacy Limited, which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Celesio AG (previously called GEHE AG), the largest pharmaceutical wholesaler in Europe.Celesio AG purchased AAH plc (the UK’s leading pharmaceutical wholesaler) in 1995, and then in 1997, acquired Lloyds Chemists PLC, which at the time had 902 pharmacies. Together with AAH’s 350 strong Hills Pharmacy network, this took the combined group to over 1300 pharmacies. Lloydspharmacy was formed in March 1998 and has now grown to over 1600 pharmacies within the UK.AAH (Amalgamated Anthracite Holdings) are now the pharmaceutical wholesale division of
Celesio in the UK.Celesio recently raised concerns of the July 2006 merger ofAlliance Unichem andBoots the Chemist that formedAlliance Boots Lloyds Chemist began in 1973 when Allen Lloyd purchased his first pharmacy in
Polesworth , Warwickshire, England, UK. It is estimated he made a £32 million fortune from the Lloyds Pharmacy Empire.The Head Office is located at Sapphire Court in the
Walsgrave Triangle Business Park inCoventry , EnglandThey broadcast a live radio station (Lloydspharmacy Live!) within their stores; presenters include ex-BBC
Bruno Brookes .Lloydspharmacy are known through their brand as "Your Local Health Authority"
A close association with
Diabetes UK has developed due to Lloyds completing over 1 milliondiabetes tests [free in-pharmacy] so far in the UK.ee also
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List of pharmacies External links
* [http://www.lloydspharmacy.com/ Lloydspharmacy.com]
* [http://www.celesio.com/ www.celesio.com]
* [http://www.haniel.com/ www.haniel.com]
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