This site is intended for UK Healthcare Professionals only

McKesson

Toby Anderson 1280.jpg

McKesson UK CEO steps down after four years

Toby Anderson's exit comes as speculation grows over the future of LloydsPharmacy and its remaining branches.

11 May 2022

lloyds pharmacy summary.jpg

Lloyds parent completes transition to new owner after multi-million sale

We'll be more agile under new owners, says the head of McKesson UK as sale completes.

07 Apr 2022

Lloyds Pharmacy summary.jpg

McKesson sells Lloyds to Aurelius group as part of £477m deal

LloydsPharmacy is to be sold to asset management group Aurelius along with the rest of McKesson’s UK operations, it has been announced today.

01 Nov 2021

lloyds pharmacy summary.jpg

Reports of potential bidding war over LloydsPharmacy

LloydsPharmacy could be the target of a three-way bidding war fought among financial investors over the next few weeks, it has been reported.

20 Jul 2021

lloyds pharmacy summary.jpg

Lloyds parent confirms plans to 'fully exit' Europe

McKesson is to sell several of its European operations to German pharmaceutical giant Phoenix and has confirmed it wants to "fully exit" Europe.

09 Jul 2021

lloydsdirect logo summary.jpg

Echo rebrands to LloydsDirect as it exceeds 500k patients

Online pharmacy Echo is rebranding to LloydsDirect by LloydsPharmacy as it passes the milestone of 500,000 patient nominations. 

07 Jul 2021

LloydsPharmacy_sum.jpg

McKesson 'exploring sale of entire UK business'

LloydsPharmacy parent McKesson is potentially seeking to offload all of its European operations, Bloomberg has reported.

23 Jun 2021

employment-contract-2-id174378006.jpg

Unison in dispute with Lloyds parent over contract changes

Trade union Unison has said it is in dispute with LloydsPharmacy parent  McKesson UK and will ballot members on possible industrial action. 

22 Feb 2021

LloydsPharmacy_sum.jpg

Lloyds parent considers selling business, Sky reports

Sky News has reported that LloydsPharmacy parent McKesson is considering selling off the UK multiple. 

16 Feb 2021

wholesaling:wholesaler-summary.jpg

Boots & Lloyds parents team up for wholesale venture

The parent companies of Boots UK and LloydsPharmacy have completed the formation of a new wholesale joint venture in Germany.

03 Nov 2020

Screenshot 2022-05-06 at 11.38.41.png

We can do it. Full stop

McKesson UK chief executive Toby Anderson says the way community pharmacy has responded to the Covid-19 challenge has created an opportunity to address funding.

18 Oct 2020

Jeremy Meader pic.jpg

Echo prescription app ad 'kick in the teeth' for pharmacies

Lloyds apologises for ad discouraging patients from visiting pharmacies after Numark MD's strongly critical remarks. 

11 Sep 2020

LloydsPharmacy 620.jpg

PDAU wants talks over contractual changes at LloydsPharmacy

The PDAU wants talks with McKesson UK over plans to change the contracts of pharmacists at LloydsPharmacy.

09 Sep 2020

Steve Howard Lloyds.jpg

LloydsPharmacy Superintendent to retire

Professor Steve Howard, clinical standards director for McKesson UK and superintendent pharmacist for LloydsPharmacy is to retire at the end of December after 35 years with the company. 

20 Aug 2020

LloydsPharmacy 700x500.jpg

Lloyds to close more stores as online business booms

A "small number" of LloydsPharmacy stores may soon be closed due to the financial impact Covid-19 is having on the business.

10 Aug 2020

LloydsPharmacy_sum.jpg

Lloyds embarks on restructure with possible redundancies

Hit by rising costs and falling income, LloydsPharmacy has told staff it will soon embark on a restructuring process that could spell redundancies. 

07 Jul 2020

Change privacy settings