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Pharmacy: Closures

Commons · Question 47511 · Tabled 23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 28 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent community pharmacy closures in (a) rural and (b) deprived areas.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 28 Apr 2025

Pharmacies play a vital role in our healthcare system, and the Government recognises the integral role they play within our communities, as an easily accessible ‘front door’ to the National Health Service, staffed by highly trained and skilled healthcare ...