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Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to tackle losses to community pharmacies arising from delays in price concessions and drug tariffs.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
23 Jan 2025
Answer
27 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 21 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to tackle losses to community pharmacies arising from delays in price concessions and drug tariffs.

  2. 23 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 27 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Drug Tariff is updated monthly and sets out reimbursement prices to be paid to pharmacy contractors for medicines dispensed. When the market price of a generic medicine suddenly increases, concessionary prices can be granted in that month, increasing ...

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