NHS: Drugs
Commons · Question 35875 · Tabled 5 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring large pharmacies to hold several months of reserve stock of medication.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 11 Mar 2025
Pharmacies are independent businesses and are expected to maintain a reasonable stock holding to meet their legal obligations to dispense all prescriptions with reasonable promptness, recognising that it is not feasible for a pharmacy to maintain stock of...