Pharmacy: Drugs
Commons · Question 5099 · Tabled 10 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 18 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Ben Lake
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help community pharmacies with increases in the cost of medications.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 18 Sep 2024
The Department undertakes a quarterly assessment of the adequacy of drug prices paid to community pharmacies through the medicine margin survey. The survey samples independent pharmacy contractors’ sales invoices for the medicines they dispense, and compa...