The owners of Clive Parade Pharmacy. on Cricklade Road, have taken charge of the one inside Moredon Medical Centre on Moredon Road and are now ready to help customers.
Following an outcry about repeated closures and bad service at several Jhoots pharmacies nationwide, Allied Pharmacies Ltd announced the acquisition of 68 additional Jhoots pharmacies on December 30, in addition to the 61 the company acquired earlier that year.
Asim Iqbal hopes to use the expertise and good reputation gained from his other health hub to improve the experience for Moredon visitors.
He said: “It took a few weeks to renovate and clean out the back, add new stock, and recruit new staff.
“There’s going to be a permanent pharmacist, a familiar and trusted face, serving patients.
“I want to provide the same 10-out-of-10 level of service here that people get at Clive Parade, with plenty of stock and quick turnarounds for prescriptions.
“We have a good reputation and are well known in Swindon, which is why we wanted to bring vital services back to Moredon.”
It will be open from 8.45am to 6.15pm on weekdays as well as from 9am to 5.30pm on Saturdays.
When the takeover was announced in January, Asmin added: “Our priority is to restore and strengthen pharmacy services for local patients as quickly as possible following the handover.
 “We understand how important reliable access to medicines and healthcare advice is for the community, and we are committed to ensuring continuity of care, supporting patients with prescriptions, and re-establishing trusted pharmacy services at the medical centre.”
Clive Parade remains open as normal following a major relaunch in October 2025 that saw the site improve its facilities, add extra consulting rooms and expand the range of health services available to residents.
Elsewhere, Tanvir Ali bought another ex-Jhoots health hub in the Okus area that had been closed since November 7 and reopened earlier this month with improvements in stock range, supply, and staff availability.
Last December, the Shaw Village Centre pharmacy that had also been owned by Jhoots reopened under new management as Hearts Pharmacy following extensive public complaints about the former owner and a petition supported by hundreds of residents which called for improvements to be made.