Question follow-through · 25260
Pharmacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to expand the Pharmacy First scheme.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jan 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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
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Recorded timeline
21 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to expand the Pharmacy First scheme.
23 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jan 2025
Answer published
Pharmacies play a vital role in our healthcare system. The Government is committed to expanding the role of pharmacies and to better utilising the skills of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. That includes making prescribing part of the services delive...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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