Written questions

Pharmacy: Community Health Services

Commons · Question 8378 · Tabled 9 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 17 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to review levels of pharmacy reimbursement funding, in the context of recent trends in levels of closures of local pharmacies.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 17 Oct 2024

Community Pharmacy funding is kept under regular review. The Department and NHS England consult with the sector on a quarterly basis on reimbursement rates, as well as monthly on concessionary prices. Consultations are held each year about service fee lev...