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Commons · Question 17091 · Tabled 8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Jul 2026

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Asked by Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the financial impact on community pharmacies of the current reimbursement and price cap arrangements for prescription medicines; and if he will review cases where pha

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Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 16 Jul 2026

With regards to the Drug Tariff reimbursement prices, the community pharmacy reimbursement arrangements do not guarantee that every contractor will be paid the cost of every item, however, concessionary prices mitigate losses for individual products, whil...