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A top quartile dispensing pharmacy in Cheshire and Merseyside ICB. Active across 5 of the 6 advanced services — a top-quartile performer on Pharmacy First and NMS. Claimed 6 Pharmacy Quality Scheme domains in 2022/23. Administered 1,677 flu doses in the most recent season. One of 2 branches owned by Optichem (UK) LTD. Has held an NHS contract at this location for more than 40 years.
A single engagement score combining NMS, Pharmacy First, BP checks, DMS, contraception and flu — each normalised against the branch’s own dispensing volume, so scale is stripped out. A score at the 72nd percentile reads as “delivers more advanced-service activity per item dispensed than 72% of reporting pharmacies”.
14.46 advanced services per 1k items · national median 17.54
Dark line is this pharmacy. Dashed line is the median across all active community pharmacies in Cheshire and Merseyside ICB. Shaded band shows the middle 50% (25th–75th percentile). Hover any month for exact values and rank.
Distribution of 524 community pharmacies in Cheshire and Merseyside ICB for Dec 2025.
Each card is one advanced NHS service. Sparkline is the last 12 months of activity; the percentage is 6-month trend (last 6 vs prior 6), coloured green when growing >3%, red when declining >3%. Services with no activity at all in the last 12 months are shown as inactive.
PQS funding band and payment are not published in NHSBSA open data — domains claimed serves as an engagement proxy.
The largest branch in Optichem (UK) LTD's 2-pharmacy network by NHS items dispensed.
Bar length is relative to the largest ICB in the network; percentage shows share of the full network.
Data sources: NHSBSA Consolidated Pharmaceutical List, NHSBSA Pharmacy and Appliance Contractor Dispensing Data, NHSBSA Pharmacy Quality Scheme, NHSBSA Adult Flu Vaccination Service, Companies House. All under Open Government Licence v3.0 or Crown Copyright. Figures represent NHS-reimbursed activity only; private or locally commissioned services are not included. Peer distributions are computed in real time across same-ICB, same-contract-type pharmacies for the latest reporting month.
Estimate derived from published NHS fee rates: £2.85/item (SAF + professional fee), £28/NMS, £35/DMS, £17/Pharmacy First, £15/BP check, £18/contraception consultation; flu uses actual £ fees published per dose. Category M reimbursement, establishment payment, transitional payment, PQS banding and the £1,000 Pharmacy First monthly fixed fee are all excluded. Private and locally-commissioned income is not included.