Rob Shaw, GM EMEA at Fluent Commerce, answers the questions: "How can pharmacies address supply chain and operational efficiency challenges?"
Over the past few months, pharmacies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have voted to cut opening hours and reduce the number of home deliveries in a protest over government funding. It forms part of a wider picture that has seen pharmacies come under significant financial pressure, with challenges such as thin profit margins contributing to the closure of 700 outlets in England alone during the past two years, according to reporting by the BBC.