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Pharmacy

Commons · Question 18800 · Tabled 9 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 13 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support community pharmacies to ensure (a) financial sustainability, (b) consistency in the provision of services, and (c) dispensing of prescriptions.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 13 Dec 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...