Pharmacy owners warn of closures and cuts in open letter to health secretary

In a letter to health secretary Wes Streeting, the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has claimed that two-thirds of pharmacies are at risk of imminent closure.

The results of a survey conducted by the NPA found that at least 65% of pharmacies operated at a loss in 2025, with nearly half (45%) of pharmacy owners relying on personal savings or re-mortgaged homes to subside their pharmacy.

These closure threads are “blowing an enormous hole in the NHS ten-year plan before it has even begun”, the letter noted.

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Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal, 18 February 2026