{"id":85146,"date":"2026-02-18T17:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=85146"},"modified":"2026-02-18T17:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:40:07","slug":"uk-pharmacies-in-crisis-as-two-thirds-face-danger-of-imminent-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/02\/18\/uk-pharmacies-in-crisis-as-two-thirds-face-danger-of-imminent-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"UK pharmacies in crisis as two-thirds face danger of \u2018imminent closure\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1WzYSZ.img?w=534&amp;h=357&amp;m=6&amp;x=220&amp;y=118&amp;s=122&amp;d=122\" alt=\"Sir Keir Starmer in front of rows of pills\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two-thirds of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/politics\/2156046\/rachel-reeves-accused-pushing-pharmacies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">pharmacies<\/a> are in danger of &#8220;imminent closure&#8221;, with owners &#8220;remortgaging their own homes or raiding pension pots&#8221; to stay open.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/medical\/uk-pharmacies-in-crisis-as-two-thirds-face-danger-of-imminent-closure\/ar-AA1WAd81?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=6995f481d94641fb918d5e488f4ee0e8&amp;ei=42\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Two-thirds of\u00a0pharmacies are in danger of &#8220;imminent closure&#8221;, with owners &#8220;remortgaging their own homes or raiding pension pots&#8221; to stay open.\u00a0 Read&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85146","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pharmacy.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85147,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85146\/revisions\/85147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}