Written questions

Pharmacy: Finance

Commons · Question 11472 · Tabled 28 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 8 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the amount of funding provided to community pharmacies for delivering primary healthcare services.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 8 Nov 2024

Pharmacies play a vital role in our healthcare system. We are committed to expanding the role of pharmacies and better utilising the skills of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. That includes making prescribing part of the services delivered by communi...