Boots to expand testing and diagnostics offer with Concepta Diagnostics acquisition
Boots has completed its acquisition of Concepta Diagnostics from My Health Checked as it looks to expand its private testing and diagnostics offering.
The health and beauty retailer said the move will enable it to offer customers a seamless end-to-end testing journey where they can learn more about their health through at-home testing kits and act on the results by connecting to expert clinician advice. Customers will also be able to access relevant products and services and share their test results with their GP through integration with Patient Knows Best and the NHS App.
The acquisition will include My Health Checked chief executive Penny McCormick joining the Boots team to lead testing and diagnostics.
Concepta has a range of over 20 at-home health and wellness test devices as well a proprietary digital platform that can connect with laboratories, point of care test devices and wearables.
Jamie Kerruish, chief healthcare officer at Boots, said: “We know our customers increasingly want to better understand their health through testing services. Our ambition is to offer a best-in-class service that not only provides customers with valuable insights but also recommends products and services that can support their personalised needs.
Subscribe to TRB“Our acquisition of Concepta Diagnostics will help us to realise this ambition. We have had a fantastic partnership with My Health Checked ever since the important work we did together through COVID. We are so excited to make this new phase even stronger, helping more people across the UK take control of their health to achieve better health outcomes that will improve their lives.”
The expansion of healthcare services is backed by Boots’ wider pharmacy transformation programme. Alongside enhancements to how customers obtain repeat prescriptions, Boots has introduced more than 130 Healthcare Centre that offer the full suite of Boots healthcare services, supported by increased pharmacy team capacity and dedicated consultation rooms.
In addition, over 130 Boots stores have upgraded their healthcare retail areas as part of the retailer’s Healthcare Reinvention programme.
