Written questions

Pharmacy: Finance

2026-05-13 · Department of Health and Social Care · 1474 · Official question

Tristan Osborne

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the distribution of medicines margin across the community pharmacy sector; and when the outcomes of that assessment will be published.

Answer

The Department does not assess the distribution of medicine margin across the community pharmacy sector. However, as part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework funding settlement 2025/26, the Department committed to a range actions to try to del...