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Pharmacy: Mental Health Services

Commons · Question 44777 · Tabled 7 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 22 Apr 2025

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Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release entitled New services for patients under record pharmacy funding deal, published on 31 March 2025, what types of mental health support will communit

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 22 Apr 2025

The New Medicine Service (NMS) is an advanced service offered by community pharmacies, providing patients with advice to address any possible side effects, issues, or questions that patients who are prescribed a new medicine may have. The service focuses ...