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General Practitioners: Pharmacy

Commons · Question 58805 · Tabled 10 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Jun 2025

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Asked by Vikki Slade

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of dispensing GPs matching the terms of the drug reimbursement agreement in place for pharmacies.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 16 Jun 2025

Dispensing doctors are reimbursed in line with the Statement of Financial Entitlement Directions, which sets out the reimbursements general practices (GPs), including dispensing GPs, are entitled to.Dispensing practices receive a dispensing fee, approxima...