231 SHINFIELD ROAD, READING, RG2 8HD
The GPHC register shows a different address — see details below.
NHS ODS dispensary
231 SHINFIELD ROAD, READING, RG2 8HD
GPHC register
231 SHINFIELD ROAD, READING, BERKSHIRE, RG28HD
FRP45 · England · Active on NHS register
Vantage Chemist (FRP45) is an NHS pharmacy at 231 Shinfield Road, Reading RG2 8HD, run by Pillbox Chemists Ltd. It is commissioned by NHS Thames Valley ICB and sits in Community Pharmacy Thames Valley.
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.
VANTAGE CHEMIST is a pharmacy in England. Premises type: COMMUNITY. Contractor code: FRP45. PharmAnalyser publishes NHS pharmacy analytics for this contractor.
VANTAGE CHEMIST is located at 231 SHINFIELD ROAD, READING, RG2 8HD (RG2 8HD) in England.
VANTAGE CHEMIST is operated by PILLBOX CHEMISTS LTD (England, Contractor code FRP45).
The contractor code for VANTAGE CHEMIST is FRP45. This identifier links the pharmacy to the official England contractor register.
VANTAGE CHEMIST is listed on the General Pharmaceutical Council register (registration 1029000).
VANTAGE CHEMIST serves patients in NHS THAMES VALLEY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (England).
The telephone number listed for VANTAGE CHEMIST is 0118 9872850.
Pharmacy identity and register fields for VANTAGE CHEMIST 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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Vantage Chemist (FRP45) is an NHS pharmacy at 231 Shinfield Road, Reading RG2 8HD, run by Pillbox Chemists Ltd. In the 3 months to June 2026 it dispensed an average of 5,569 NHS items a month, 42% fewer than the average pharmacy in England (9,558). It supplied around 74 Pharmacy First items a month, 19% more than the England average. 96.8% of its prescriptions arrived electronically through EPS. It is commissioned by NHS Thames Valley ICB and sits in Community Pharmacy Thames Valley.