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Pharmacy: Costs

Commons · Question 35784 · 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, what estimate his Department has made of the cost increase of (a) delivering Pharmacy First services, (b) dispensing costs and (c) employment of pharmacy staff between 2023-24 and 2025-26.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 10 Mar 2025

The funding agreed seeks to address inflation and activity increases in the sector. We are now working at pace with Community Pharmacy England to ensure that the funding we have available is used to support community pharmacy in the best way possible. We ...