Overview
- Allied confirmed the latest purchase of 68 Jhoots pharmacies, following 61 earlier takeovers, for 129 sites brought into its network.
- The deal includes the four remaining Jhoots branches on the Isle of Wight, leaving the island without any Jhoots pharmacies.
- The company says it will return the acquired locations to full operational capacity to safeguard patient care and will support former Jhoots staff.
- The expansion follows months of disruption at Jhoots outlets, with MPs and the health minister citing closures and non-payment allegations, and the PDA estimating over £870,000 in unpaid locum fees.
- Allied reports it now controls roughly 210 pharmacies across England and Wales, with some former Jhoots sites rebranded and reopened, including a Swindon branch that relaunched as Hearts Pharmacy on December 1.