# Pharmacy late-night opening hours analysis featured in the Financial Times

DevFeed: [Pharmacy late-night opening hours analysis featured in the Financial Times](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/pharmacy-late-night-opening-hours-analysis-featured-in-the-financial-times-35596.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.rtwilson.com/pharmacy-late-night-opening-hours-analysis-featured-in-the-financial-times/>)

Author: Robin Wilson

Published: 2026-02-04T14:10:37Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Robin Wilson](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/robin-wilson.md>)

Topics: [Data analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-analysis.md>), [geospatial](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/geospatial.md>), [Geographic Information System](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gis.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [pandas](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pandas.md>)

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## AI overview

The article describes an analysis of NHS data on community pharmacy opening hours in England. It reports that the number of pharmacies open past 9pm on weekdays fell by approximately 95% between 2022 and 2025, leaving large areas without late-night pharmacy access. The analysis used Python, pandas, geospatial tools and mapping libraries, and was featured in the Financial Times.

## Source excerpt

Some data analysis I've done has been featured in the Financial Times today - see this article (the link may not work any more unless you have a FT subscription - sorry). The brief story is that I had terrible back pain over Christmas, and spoke to an out-of-hours GP on the phone who prescribed [...]