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Well Pharmacy, formerly The Co-operative Pharmacy, is the third largest dispensing chemist in the United Kingdom (after Boots and Lloyds Pharmacy) and the largest in Wales. Since February 2015, it has been a trading name of Bestway National Chemists and Bestway Belfast Chemists, both part of Bestway Panacea Healthcare. It operates through 782 branches with 6,500 staff; a national distribution centre in Stoke-on-Trent manages their supply chain.〔 ==History== The Co-operative Pharmacy was previously the trading name of National Co-operative Chemists, part of Co-operative Group Healthcare based in Rochdale,〔An industrial and provident society registered in England and Wales under the Companies Act 1985, No. 12714R〕 and Belfast Co-operative Chemists, a wholly owned subsidiary operating in Northern Ireland. Established in 1945, National Co-operative Chemists traded in areas without a regional society pharmacy, although some independent societies also operated their own in-house chemists under The Co-operative Pharmacy brand after it was introduced in 2007. In 2001, The Co-operative Pharmacy pioneered the use of Braille on the packaging of own label medicines and, in 2012, it became the first retail pharmacy chain in the UK to become carbon neutral. The Co-operative Doctor was an online diagnosis and treatment system.〔(About the Clinic ) The Co-operative Pharmacy (retrieved 25 August 2013)〕 In 2011, The Co-operative Pharmacy teamed up with The-Clinic.com to provide clinical and medical input. The-Clinic.com’s medical services were provided by Freedom Health, which is registered with the Healthcare Commission. The Co-operative Group agreed to divest the business to the Bestway Group for £620 million in July 2014. The sale was completed in October 2014 and Bestway were given a licence to continue using the Co-operative brand for 12 months. In 2015, Bestway began to rebrand the company as 'Well'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Well Pharmacy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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