Prescription Drugs: Prices
Commons · Question 23581 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 14 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impacts of the delay it takes to add medication to the price concessions list on a) pharmacies finances, b) their ability to backfill medication and
Answer
Answered by James Frith, 14 Sep 2026
Market prices of medicines can increase for several reasons, including normal market forces, manufacturing issues, and wider supply chain pressures, and prices can go up as well as down. Where the market price of a medicine suddenly increases, concessiona...