Society proud to be working in partnership with Lloyds Pharmacy

Our relationship with one of the UK's leading community pharmacy chains continues, with duals searches currently underway for a Head of Marketing and a key business change brief.

We feel a real connection with Lloyds as a client, since community and adding value are at the heart of their business model. They are a huge business with a large turnover, but refreshingly they have never lost sight of their origins and stay true to their mission statement "Healthcare for Life".

Key Facts about Lloyds Pharmacy:

• runs around 1,650 pharmacies across the UK;
• employs approximately 17,000 staff;
• £1.8 billion turnover (2009);
• dispenses over 151 million prescription items a year;
• its provision of services for Primary Care organisations (such as smoking cessation, minor ailments services and Medicine Use Reviews) increased by 25% between 2008 and 2009;
• they offer more private consultation areas than any other pharmacy (currently available in 96% of their stores);
• they have 423 practice-based pharmacies, with many others located close to GP surgeries;
• their pharmacy teams have completed over 1.25 million free Type 2 diabetes screening tests and 1.5 million blood pressure tests;
• their cholesterol and heart check service is now offered in around 250 pharmacies;
• they have completed over 235,000 Medicine Use Reviews in 2008 and 263,000 in 2009.

Society looks forward to filling these two key roles with such a great business. We will report on the profiles of the successful candidates in due course.