We are a leading healthcare provider and trusted partner across the UK and Europe, committed to ensuring that patients and the public have access to high-quality, affordable healthcare when and where they need it.
Through our network of respected brands and businesses, we specialise in medicines distribution, pharmaceutical care, and pharmacy-led primary care services. By working in close partnership with the NHS, healthcare commissioners and providers, and pharmaceutical manufacturers, we:
We recognise the scale of the challenges facing UK healthcare today. That’s why we remain focused on delivering innovative, patient-centred solutions that improve outcomes and drive greater value for the NHS. Together with our partners, we are helping to shape a more resilient, accessible, and sustainable healthcare system for today and for the future.
With sites in 29 countries, we are represented throughout Europe; no other healthcare provider has as large a presence on the continent.
Thanks to a total of 210 sites in the business areas pharmaceutical wholesale and pre-wholesale, we are close to our customers everywhere; we exploit synergies across borders and learn from one another. We are also active in retail in 17 countries, with nearly 3,300 pharmacies.
Our brands include Rowlands Pharmacy, PHOENIX Healthcare Distribution, PSUK, Numark, Nupharm and NuCare. We support more than 6,700 community pharmacies, dispensing doctor practices and outpatient dispensing sites including direct management of 350 Rowlands branches. We deliver over 186 million packs of medicines each year through 12 depots situated across the UK.
As one of Europe’s leading healthcare providers, it is our mission to contribute to the health and well-being of the people of Europe. After all, we deliver health! Our corporate responsibility however goes beyond that mission. As a company, we must ensure that our growth creates value not just for us, but also for society and the environment in which we operate.
Compliance is a key element of the PHOENIX group’s corporate culture and is derived from our fundamental corporate values. Responsible and compliant actions are central to the success of our company.