{"id":143762,"date":"2023-11-28T12:25:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T12:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=143762"},"modified":"2023-11-28T12:25:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T12:25:25","slug":"for-crying-out-loud-scream-shoppers-as-boots-marks-another-four-local-pharmacies-for-permanent-closure-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/lifestyle\/for-crying-out-loud-scream-shoppers-as-boots-marks-another-four-local-pharmacies-for-permanent-closure-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"'For crying out loud' scream shoppers as Boots marks another FOUR local pharmacies for permanent closure | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOOTS has marked another four local pharmacies for permanent closures.<\/p>\n

It comes after the\u00a0pharmacy chain\u00a0previously announced it would be pulling the shutters down on\u00a0300 shops over the next year.<\/p>\n

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The high street chain is now set to close its pharmacy in Bede Precinct, Jarrow, in mid-March.<\/p>\n

The Jarrow store will cease to provide pharmaceutical services on from March 16, 2024 and will be removed from the pharmaceutical list for the area.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the news on Facebook, one regular visitor said: "For crying out loud."<\/p>\n

Jarrow MP, Kate Osborne MP said: "I am hugely disappointed with the news that Boots Pharmacy is closing its branch in the Viking Centre in Jarrow.<\/p>\n

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"It provides a vital service to my constituents, collecting prescriptions and access to over the counter medications.<\/p>\n

"Thirteen years of managed decline by consecutive conservative governments have damaged our high streets. This closure will be a massive loss to our town centre.<\/p>\n

Boots will also be closing a further two stores in Bristol in\u00a0Southmead\u00a0and\u00a0Hartcliffe.<\/p>\n

We've asked the firm to confirm when these chemists will shut for good.<\/p>\n

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A separate branch on Chepstow Road, Maindee in South Wales will close to shoppers for the final time on January 27, 2024.<\/p>\n

The closures are part of\u00a0wider plans\u00a0that will see the retailer's total shops reduced from 2,200 to 1,900.<\/p>\n

When the plans were announced in June,\u00a0Boots had not confirmed\u00a0which stores were set to shut.<\/p>\n

It reported they would be from sites with\u00a0multiple shops\u00a0in one area.<\/p>\n

But over time, the healthy and beauty chain has revealed which\u00a0shops\u00a0would be closing for good.<\/p>\n

Community pharmacies are essential for providing services to local neighbourhoods but\u00a0hundreds have been shut\u00a0in recent years.<\/p>\n

Pharmacies have struggled financially for years due to the level of reimbursements they receive from the\u00a0NHS\u00a0and the soaring costs of pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n

Chemist chains are also being asked to pick up the slack from the\u00a0struggling health service\u00a0by providing more services, such as\u00a0vaccinations.<\/p>\n

The pharmacy industry has lost \u00a31.6billion in the last decade because the NHS's pharmacy contract has not kept pace with\u00a0inflation.<\/p>\n

Pharmacies have said that as a result, they face a massive cut to their real-term funding, which is resulting in mass closures.<\/p>\n

Which Boots stores have already closed?<\/h2>\n

Here is the full list of stores that have already closed:\u00a0<\/p>\n