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Pharmacy

Commons · Question 52406 · Tabled 14 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 May 2025

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Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of geographical areas which do not have access to a pharmacy within 10 miles.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 20 May 2025

Data from June 2024 shows that approximately 93% of the population of England lived within two miles of a pharmacy. Data on distances travelled beyond two miles is not recorded.In some rural areas where there is no pharmacy, general practitioners are perm...