Update from Powys Teaching Health Board on Pharmacy Services in Llanfyllin

Update on 3 December 2025

Following the decision by Danby’s Pharmacy in Llanfyllin to close on 31 December 2025, positive progress is being made to put in place a new provider of community pharmacy services in the town. It will take several weeks to establish the new service, and in the meantime Llanfyllin Group Practice will be offering a dispensing service for all of their patients. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Until 31 December 2025

Danby’s pharmacy in Llanfyllin will be closing on 31 December 2025.

Please ensure you collect all your medications before by 31 December 2025, as any items left uncollected will not be available after the closure.

It is particularly important that you ensure you have enough medication for the Christmas and New Year period so please order repeat prescriptions in good time. Remember that many prescription requests can be made online via the Llanfyllin Group Practice website.

Danby’s opening times during their final two weeks of trading are as follows:

Monday 22nd December 2025: 9:00am – 6:15pm
Tuesday 23rd December 2025: 9:00am – 6:15pm
Wednesday 24th December 2025: 9:00am – 11:00am & 5:30pm - 6:15pm
Thursday 25th December 2025 (Christmas Day): Closed
Friday 26th December 2025 (Boxing Day): Closed
Saturday 27th December 2025: 9:00am – 1:00pm
Sunday 28th December 2025: Closed
Monday 29th December 2025: 9:00am – 6:15pm
Tuesday 30th December 2025: 9:00am – 6:15pm
Wednesday 31st December 2025 (New Year’s Eve): 9:00am – 11:00am & 5:30pm - 6:15pm
Thursday 1st January 2026 (New Year’s Day): Closed
Friday 2nd January 2026: Closed

From January 2026

From January 2026, all Llanfyllin Group Practice patients can collect their NHS prescriptions from the Llanfyllin Group Practice dispensary.

If you need other community pharmacy services such as the Common Ailments Service or Emergency Medicines Supply please visit your nearest alternative community pharmacy. Alternative pharmacies are available in Welshpool, Oswestry and Newtown as well as in other neighbouring communities such as Bala, Glyn Ceiriog and Chirk.

Until a new community pharmacy is in place, please accept our apologies that local dispensing services will not be available on Saturdays in Llanfyllin. Weekend pharmacy services are available in Welshpool, Oswestry, and Newtown.

A list of pharmacy services in Wales is available from NHS 111 Wales website - find a pharmacy in Wales

A list of pharmacy services in England is available from the NHS England website - find a pharmacy in England

Please ensure you collect all your medications from Danby’s before by 31 December 2025, as any items left left uncollected will not be available after the closure. If you are not able to collect your medications by 31 December 2025, please contact your GP practice for a replacement supply.

What will happen once a new community pharmacy opens in Llanfyllin?

Positive progress is being made to put in place a new provider of community pharmacy services in the town. However, please accept our apologies that it will take several weeks to put a new service in place. We will share further updates on progress.

When a new community pharmacy opens, prescriptions will revert to their current arrangements and anyone living within one mile of the new pharmacy should collect their prescriptions from the community pharmacy.

Further information

Health advice when it is urgent but not an emergency is available from NHS 111 Wales by calling 111 free from a landline or mobile phone or by visiting 111.wales.nhs.uk

A list of pharmacy services in Wales is available from NHS 111 Wales website - find a pharmacy in Wales

A list of pharmacy services in England is available from the NHS England website - find a pharmacy in England

We would like to thank the team at Danby’s pharmacy for their many years of service to the local community and wish them a happy retirement, and our thanks also to the team at Llanfyllin Group Practice for providing a prescription dispensing service from the beginning of January for residents of the Llanfyllin area in addition to the service already provided to their wider practice population.

The Pharmaceutical Applications Process

We took immediate action by issuing a Supplementary Statement to our pharmaceutical needs assessment. This is the required process, in line with the NHS Pharmaceutical Wales Regulations, when a gap in pharmacy provision is identified. This invites applications from pharmaceutical providers to support the continued provision of NHS pharmaceutical services in the Llanfyllin area, and we look forward to a positive conclusion as soon as possible.

There are commercial sensitivities that must be taken into account when undertaking processes of this nature. We apologise that this does limit the information that we are able to share. It is really important that we do not compromise the contracting process as this could lead to delay.