Pharmacy: Closures
Commons · Question 35782 · Tabled 5 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pharmacies his Department expect to close in the next financial year if the pharmacy contract remains unchanged.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 10 Mar 2025
Community pharmacies are private businesses, and the Department does not have sight of their individual financial positions. We are now working at pace with Community Pharmacy England to ensure that the funding we have secured for 2024/25 and 2025/26 is u...