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PharmaInsight

Incomplete Discharge Medicines Services

Essential Services · NHS community pharmacy
Data updated February 2026
69,689

Delivered in the 12 months to February 2026

NHSBSA Pharmacy contractor dispensing

4,458pharmacies

Providing this service

NHSBSA

Figure 1. Incomplete Discharge Medicines Services: monthly activity in England

0 4k 7k Mar 2024 Jul 2024 Nov 2024 Mar 2025 Aug 2025 Feb 2026 7,003 Mar 2024: 5k Apr 2024: 5k May 2024: 5k Jun 2024: 6k Jul 2024: 5k Aug 2024: 5k Sep 2024: 5k Oct 2024: 6k Nov 2024: 6k Dec 2024: 6k Jan 2025: 5k Feb 2025: 6k Mar 2025: 6k May 2025: 6k Jun 2025: 6k Jul 2025: 6k Aug 2025: 6k Sep 2025: 6k Oct 2025: 6k Nov 2025: 7k Dec 2025: 6k Jan 2026: 7k Feb 2026: 7k

Source: NHSBSA Pharmacy and appliance contractor dispensing data, to February 2026

Top pharmacies, 12 months to February 2026

Community pharmacies delivering the most, by volume. Download the full ranking (CSV).

Top pharmacies for Incomplete Discharge Medicines Services
#PharmacyICB12-month total
1 Pharmacy2U West Yorkshire 4,559
2 Molineux Pharmacy North East And North Cumbria 622
3 Boots Derby And Derbyshire 300
4 Pillsorted Cambridgeshire & Peterborough 299
5 Peak Pharmacy Derby And Derbyshire 293
6 Day Lewis Pharmacy Hampshire And Isle Of Wight 283
7 Cohens Chemist Greater Manchester 270
8 Regent Pharmacy Hampshire And Isle Of Wight 265
9 Appleton Village Pharmacy Cheshire And Merseyside 245
10 Bottisham Pharmacy Cambridgeshire & Peterborough 240
11 Meds At Home Black Country 236
12 Well Staffordshire And Stoke-On-Trent 234
13 St Hilary's Pharmacy Cheshire And Merseyside 228
14 Galen Pharmacy Cheshire And Merseyside 223
15 Medicine Drop Derby And Derbyshire 215
16 Day-Night Pharmacy Derby And Derbyshire 212
17 Cohens Chemist Greater Manchester 191
18 Well Cheshire And Merseyside 190
19 Bridge Road Chemist Cheshire And Merseyside 185
20 Day Lewis Pharmacy Hampshire And Isle Of Wight 185
21 Day Lewis Pharmacy Hampshire And Isle Of Wight 182
22 Hillside Pharmacy Cheshire And Merseyside 181
23 Kamsons Pharmacy Greater Manchester 176
24 Pilltime Bristol, N Somerset & South Glos 176
25 Ritecare Pharmacy Cheshire And Merseyside 170
26 Boots Hampshire And Isle Of Wight 169
27 Weldricks Pharmacy South Yorkshire 169
28 Peak Pharmacy Derby And Derbyshire 168
29 Peartree Pharmacy Hertfordshire And West Essex 165
30 Regent Pharmacy Hampshire And Isle Of Wight 163
31 Newhall Pharmacy Derby And Derbyshire 162
32 Click Trading Cheshire And Merseyside 159
33 Day Lewis Pharmacy Hampshire And Isle Of Wight 158
34 Peak Pharmacy Derby And Derbyshire 156
35 Peak Pharmacy Derby And Derbyshire 153
36 Peak Pharmacy Derby And Derbyshire 153
37 Claughton Pharmacy Cheshire And Merseyside 152
38 Boots Cheshire And Merseyside 152
39 Calow Pharmacy Derby And Derbyshire 146
40 Hounsell & Greene Bath&Ne Somerset,Swindon & Wiltshire 145
41 Pikes Lane Pharmacy Greater Manchester 143
42 Day Lewis Pharmacy Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin 141
43 Peak Pharmacy Derby And Derbyshire 141
44 Cohens Chemist Greater Manchester 140
45 Boots Cheshire And Merseyside 137
46 Boots Hampshire And Isle Of Wight 137
47 Rowlands Pharmacy Derby And Derbyshire 135
48 Tims & Parker Pharmacy Greater Manchester 134
49 Day Lewis Pharmacy Cornwall And The Isles Of Scilly 133
50 Day Lewis Pharmacy Hampshire And Isle Of Wight 133
51 Boots Cornwall And The Isles Of Scilly 133
52 Boots Cheshire And Merseyside 128
53 Msn & Lunts Pharmacy Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin 128
54 Boots Bath&Ne Somerset,Swindon & Wiltshire 128
55 Deeside Pharmacy Cheshire And Merseyside 126
56 Lunts Pharmacy Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin 125
57 Rowlands Pharmacy Greater Manchester 125
58 Cohens Chemist Greater Manchester 124
59 Cohens Chemist Derby And Derbyshire 124
60 Kamsons Pharmacy Sussex 124
61 Peak Pharmacy Derby And Derbyshire 124
62 Tesco Instore Pharmacy Cheshire And Merseyside 123
63 Boots Cornwall And The Isles Of Scilly 123
64 Day Lewis Pharmacy Hampshire And Isle Of Wight 121
65 Cohens Chemist Bath&Ne Somerset,Swindon & Wiltshire 119
66 Kamsons Pharmacy Sussex 119
67 J M & W Darling Ltd North East And North Cumbria 118
68 Tesco Instore Pharmacy Derby And Derbyshire 116
69 Warecross Pharmacy Hertfordshire And West Essex 116
70 Day Lewis Pharmacy Cornwall And The Isles Of Scilly 114
71 Prime Health Pharmacy West Yorkshire 114
72 Hopes Pharmacy North East And North Cumbria 112
73 Market Harborough Pharmacy Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland 111
74 Well West Yorkshire 108
75 Cross Chemist Hertfordshire And West Essex 108
76 Boots Kent And Medway 107
77 Superdrug Pharmacy Bath&Ne Somerset,Swindon & Wiltshire 105
78 Boots Hampshire And Isle Of Wight 104
79 Well Cheshire And Merseyside 103
80 Cohens Chemist Cheshire And Merseyside 103
81 Boots Cornwall And The Isles Of Scilly 103
82 Peak Pharmacy Derby And Derbyshire 103
83 Superdrug Pharmacy Cheshire And Merseyside 102
84 Jolley's Chemist Cheshire And Merseyside 101
85 Peak Pharmacy@Wheatbridge Derby And Derbyshire 101
86 Boots Bath&Ne Somerset,Swindon & Wiltshire 101
87 Rowlands Pharmacy Lancashire And South Cumbria 100
88 Hollowood Chemists Greater Manchester 100
89 Temple Pharmacy Cheshire And Merseyside 99
90 Rainhill Pharmacy Cheshire And Merseyside 99
91 Peak Pharmacy Derby And Derbyshire 98
92 Cohens Chemist Greater Manchester 98
93 Jhl Pharmacies Bath&Ne Somerset,Swindon & Wiltshire 98
94 Shaunaks Pharmacy Bath&Ne Somerset,Swindon & Wiltshire 98
95 Fairmans Pharmacy North East And North Cumbria 97
96 Victoria Central Pharmacy Cheshire And Merseyside 97
97 Cohens Chemist Greater Manchester 96
98 Stearns (Chemists) Ltd Hertfordshire And West Essex 95
99 Bispham Road Pharmacy Cheshire And Merseyside 95
100 Peak Pharmacy Derby And Derbyshire 94