Following its partnership with HubRx last month (March), The Pharmacy Group is now set to transform and rebrand as Pharmacy+Health. The rebrand of the independent chain to Pharmacy+Health (pronounced Pharmacy ‘plus’ Health) is the first phase in further investment led by CEO Daniel Lee to ‘re-engineer’ community pharmacy. Daniel Lee said: “Our new Pharmacy+Health identity […]

The team behind HubRx, the UK’s first automated hub and spoke facility for independent pharmacies, has announced the acquisition of The Pharmacy Group. Founded in 1984 by the Lestner family, The Pharmacy Group is a 33-strong chain of community pharmacies based in Yorkshire which employs more than 300 people. Following its acquisition, The Pharmacy Group […]

Mike Hewitson, Superintendent Pharmacist and Managing Director of Beaminster Pharmacy Like most pharmacies right now, we’re finding it tough. Not only is it difficult to find the right mix of skills and experience, but staff costs are going through the roof. Add that to spiraling energy costs and a supply chain that is in a […]

HubRx has appointed Dr Sarah Passmore as Superintendent Pharmacist ahead of the UK’s first state-of-the-art automated pharmacy hub for independent community pharmacists launching. Sarah joins the team with more than 20 years of pharmacy experience. Starting her career within community pharmacy, Sarah has held key regulatory roles with Rowlands Pharmacy over a 11-year tenure which […]

HubRx has appointed Matthew Tollefson as chief financial officer and Karl Wooldridge as operations director as it prepares to launch the UK’s first state-of-the-art automated pharmacy hub for independent community pharmacists. Matthew joins the HubRx team, headed up by CEO Daniel Lee the founder of Pharmacy2U, from Leeds-based corporate finance firm Sentio Partners. He has […]

Joining an impressive line-up of just 50 innovators, HubRx has been named by Yorkshire Business Insider as one of the Most Exciting Companies in the region. Now in its fourth year, the Most Exciting Companies list showcases businesses under seven years old that the editorial team at Insider believes has ‘star potential’. Upon announcing this […]

According to recent research, the pandemic has helped positively change patient perception of community pharmacy. But despite a desire to extend the clinical services they provide, many say they’re hindered by a lack of time, staff training and funding.  Daniel Lee, CEO of HubRx explores the hurdles independent pharmacists must overcome and why he believes […]

Sixty-seven per cent of UK independent pharmacists say the pandemic has changed perception and now patients are now more positive about the clinical services they offer. The research, carried out with an independent panel of more than 100 community pharmacists and commissioned by HubRx, revealed that 35 per cent had increased their clinical services to […]

In our latest blog we’re debunking hub and spoke myths. Recently we asked a panel of more than 100 independent pharmacists for their views on hub and spoke. We found that 60 per cent were interested in it, with 12 per cent saying they had already decided that they will use it when they can. […]

Earlier this week saw the great and the good of the pharmacy world gather again at Birmingham’s NEC for Pharmacy Show. Those in attendance on the Sunday may have seen our non-executive director Mike Hewitson speak about the hub and spoke opportunity and what it can help independents to achieve. For those that missed it, […]