Pharmacy: Prisons
Lords · Question HL6047 · Tabled 24 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Baroness Goudie
To ask His Majesty's Government who is responsible for ensuring that pharmacies in women's prisons are stocked correctly and take into account prisoners' illnesses; and how many qualified clinicians are on duty each day.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Merron, 27 Mar 2025
NHS England contracts prison healthcare and pharmacy services directly via its Health and Justice regional commissioning teams, which also assure the contracts.Contracted providers are expected to enable access to a prescription dispensing pharmacy servic...