Health

  • Revenue up 2.7% to £1,909m
  • Dispensing volume +5.4%
    • Prescription Collection Service +21.5%
    • Dispensing revenue +2.8%
    • Price deflation
      • PPRS reduced sales by 4.1%, annualised in Feb '06
      • Generics reduced sales by 0.6%, annualised in Sept '05
    • New contract broadly neutral through the year
  • OTC healthcare revenue +2.4%
    • Change One Thing
    • Higher incidence of cough/cold, lower incidence of hayfever
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