WELL PHARMACY BUYS TREHARRIS PHARMACY IN SOUTH WALES

Well Pharmacy, the UK’s largest independent pharmacy chain, shows its commitment and confidence in the future of community pharmacy by announcing the acquisition of Treharris Pharmacy in South Wales.

This news follows the recent announcement from Well Pharmacy buying the six-pharmacy chain, Pharma-Z ltd, in Norfolk area.

Seb Hobbs, CEO of Well Pharmacy said:

"We are delighted to welcome such an excellent pharmacy team to Well. We share a similar heritage and core values, being committed to providing the local community with access to vital healthcare advice, services and medication. By retaining the same brilliant and skilled colleagues we will continue to deliver the same outstanding patient care the local community in Treharris have come to expect.

“At Well Pharmacy our vision is to provide the best community pharmacy experience in the UK, and I am pleased that we are now one step closer to that goal. We are excited to serve the local community of Treharris and hope our new colleagues will continue to progress and grow their clinical skills even further by being part of Well Pharmacy.”

Well will be rebranding Treharris Pharmacy in due course and will prioritise onboarding the new pharmacy team into the Well business and proactively supporting them during this transition period.

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Editors notes

Well have been offering pharmacy services for over 70 years to communities across the UK.

We Are the third largest pharmacy in the UK, employing nearly 7,000 people and providing over 72million prescriptions each year across our 750 pharmacies. Our pharmacists can provide advice on getting the best from medicines and general healthcare, as well as treating minor ailments and offering a range of health and wellbeing products – all without having to make an appointment.

In addition to our pharmacies, we give customers choice, with our online service for those who want the convenience of having their repeat prescriptions delivered direct to their home – available online or as an Apple (IOS) or Android app.

We also offer a range of healthcare items for sale via our online pharmacy: shop.well.co.uk Items are available for home delivery with a one off £4 delivery charge.

Our Bestway Medhub subsidiary provides a wholesaling service for independent pharmacies, and our Wardles subsidiary provides non-medicines (eg, medical consumables such as bandages and dressings).

The Well operation is supported by our Healthcare Service Centre in Stoke-on-Trent, sending out around 90 million stock items to our pharmacies each year. This semi-automated warehouse and distribution centre allows us to use a hub-and-spoke model for prescriptions. This means some items are assembled centrally and sent to pharmacies to handout out to their patients.