Medical group targets further growth after McKesson UK acquisition
A Bradford-based company that supplies GP practices with pharmacists has been acquired by McKesson UK.
Established in 2000, Prescribing Support Services (PSS) provides a fully managed pharmacist-led service which supports practices in meeting patient workloads and manage medicine related activity.
PSS is the largest employer of primary care pharmacists in the UK and currently employs 150 in a mixture of directly employed and contract roles.
With around 25,000 employees, McKesson UK supports over 1,800 pharmacies with services for medicines manufacturers through to individual patients in the community.
PSS recently moved to a new head office in Shipley and the deal will support further growth plans.
The company also operates Optimed Healthcare, a specialist division to work in partnership with the NHS and the commercial sector to reduce variation, improve quality and deliver efficiency savings.
Optimed will complement McKesson’s business by broadening the scope of services offered. Results Healthcare and Hentons advised the deal.
Mohammed Nazir, CEO at PSS, said: “Hentons provided outstanding support throughout the deal process to both parties. We are looking forward to a positive year of growth in 2019 as part of McKesson UK.”
Simon Gray, partner at Hentons, added: “PSS has grown rapidly by helping the NHS work more flexibly and efficiently. It has created a patient-focused model that meets this requirement. Having grown tenfold in recent years to support 250 GP practices around the UK, this deal will help take the business to the next level.”
