249 OLD CHESTER ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 3TD
The GPHC register shows a different address — see details below.
NHS ODS dispensary
249 OLD CHESTER ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 3TD
GPHC register
249 OLD CHESTER ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, MERSEYSIDE, CH423TD
FPX04 · England · Active on NHS register
Rock Ferry Pharmacy (FPX04) is an independent NHS pharmacy at 249 Old Chester Road, Birkenhead CH42 3TD, run by Gwp Healthcare Ltd. It is commissioned by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB and sits in Community Pharmacy Cheshire & Wirral.
Register and profile data as of 21 October 2026 (UTC).
Rolling dispensing averages, items trend, and comparison to England average — plus LPC and HWB local benchmarks when available.
Published monthly NHS dispensing for this pharmacy.
Monthly GP, hospital, and other prescribers — your share vs their share, filters, and distance where published.
CPAS flu payment claims — doses, fees, local rank, product lines, and adult season history.
Enhanced-service COVID payment claims — doses, fees, local rank, fee lines, and season history.
Patients who nominated this pharmacy for EPS — active count, snapshot-to-snapshot change, LPC and England rank, local competition, and nomination history.
Monthly electronic prescriptions dispensed and claimed — items, month-on-month change, EPS share, and trend since Mar 2023.
GPhC inspection outcomes, principle findings, PDFs, and improvement plans — published reports from April 2019 onward.
Quarterly published hours — schedule, quarter-on-quarter change, 5 km heatmap, access gaps, and competitive advantage.
Pharmacies and GP surgeries within your chosen radius — ranked list, scatter or street map, and straight-line distances from official register addresses.
How easy this pharmacy is to find on Google, which services people nearby search for, and what to do next.
Other pharmacies under the same ODS pharmacy HQ or Operated-by parent — map, distances, and latest items within your radius.
CQC-registered care homes within your chosen radius — map, proximity list, and live inspection detail when you open a row.
Neighbourhood deprivation — IoD headline, statistical neighbourhood roll-up, ICB peer comparison, surrounding map, and domain breakdown.
Monthly items, quantity, and net ingredient cost by BNF chapter for all community pharmacies in this integrated care board — not this pharmacy alone.
NHS trust prescriptions dispensed in the community across this integrated care board — regional totals, not this pharmacy alone.
Integrated care board, NHS England region, health and wellbeing board, and local pharmaceutical committee for this pharmacy.
Quick answers
Plain-language answers about location, registration, and NHS coverage — the same facts shown elsewhere on this page.
ROCK FERRY PHARMACY is a pharmacy in England. Premises type: COMMUNITY. Contractor code: FPX04. PharmAnalyser publishes NHS pharmacy analytics for this contractor.
ROCK FERRY PHARMACY is located at 249 OLD CHESTER ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 3TD (CH42 3TD) in England.
ROCK FERRY PHARMACY is operated by GWP HEALTHCARE LTD (England, Contractor code FPX04).
The contractor code for ROCK FERRY PHARMACY is FPX04. This identifier links the pharmacy to the official England contractor register.
ROCK FERRY PHARMACY is listed on the General Pharmaceutical Council register (registration 1090312).
ROCK FERRY PHARMACY serves patients in NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (England).
The telephone number listed for ROCK FERRY PHARMACY is 01516 451851.
Pharmacy identity and register fields for ROCK FERRY PHARMACY are sourced from NHS Directory of Services (ODS) and General Pharmaceutical Council (GPHC) register. Regulatory data: General Pharmaceutical Council (GPHC) register. Data was last refreshed 21 October 2026.
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Rock Ferry Pharmacy (FPX04) is an independent NHS pharmacy at 249 Old Chester Road, Birkenhead CH42 3TD, run by Gwp Healthcare Ltd. In the 3 months to June 2026 it dispensed an average of 8,424 NHS items a month, 12% fewer than the average pharmacy in England (9,558). It supplied around 55 Pharmacy First items a month, 11% fewer than the England average. 97.6% of its prescriptions arrived electronically through EPS. It is commissioned by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB and sits in Community Pharmacy Cheshire & Wirral.