169 DRURY LANE, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, WC2B 5QA
NHS ODS dispensary
169 DRURY LANE, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, WC2B 5QA
FV174 · England · Active on NHS register
Essential Pharmacy (FV174) is an independent NHS pharmacy at 169 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5QA, run by Pharmartel Ltd. It is commissioned by NHS West and North London ICB and sits in Camden & Islington LPC.
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.
ESSENTIAL PHARMACY is a pharmacy in England. Premises type: COMMUNITY. Contractor code: FV174. PharmAnalyser publishes NHS pharmacy analytics for this contractor.
ESSENTIAL PHARMACY is located at 169 DRURY LANE, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, WC2B 5QA (WC2B 5QA) in England.
ESSENTIAL PHARMACY is operated by PHARMARTEL LIMITED (England, Contractor code FV174).
The contractor code for ESSENTIAL PHARMACY is FV174. This identifier links the pharmacy to the official England contractor register.
ESSENTIAL PHARMACY is listed on the General Pharmaceutical Council register (registration 1041572).
ESSENTIAL PHARMACY serves patients in NHS WEST AND NORTH LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (England).
The telephone number listed for ESSENTIAL PHARMACY is 020 74048808.
Pharmacy identity and register fields for ESSENTIAL 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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Essential Pharmacy (FV174) is an independent NHS pharmacy at 169 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5QA, run by Pharmartel Ltd. In the 3 months to June 2026 it dispensed an average of 4,391 NHS items a month, 54% fewer than the average pharmacy in England (9,558). It supplied around 3 Pharmacy First items a month, 95% fewer than the England average. 99.7% of its prescriptions arrived electronically through EPS. It is commissioned by NHS West and North London ICB and sits in Camden & Islington LPC.