Prescription Drugs: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 32695 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the supply of prescription medicines in (a) rural and (b) other areas.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 26 Feb 2025
Integrated care boards are responsible for understanding the health needs of their areas and commissioning services to meet those needs. Local authorities are required to undertake a pharmaceutical needs assessment every three years, to assess whether the...