Question follow-through · 489
Pharmacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support local pharmacies.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 22 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 30 Jul 2024 · 13 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
17 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support local pharmacies.
22 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jul 2024
Answer published
Pharmacies play a vital role in our healthcare system. We are committed to expanding the role of pharmacies and to better utilising the skills of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, including by cutting red tape. That includes making prescribing part of...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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