Question follow-through · 35591
Pharmacy: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £645 million allocated for Pharmacy First had been used as of 3 December 2024.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £645 million allocated for Pharmacy First had been used as of 3 December 2024.
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2025
Answer published
Verified data to the end of November 2024 shows that £82 million has been spent in the 2024/25 financial year on the seven common clinical pathways and the associated incentive payments on expanding blood pressure and contraception services. A comprehensi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Pharmacy
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Mental Health Services: Rural Areas
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Dental Services: Finance
22 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS dentistry receives adequate investment from new NHS funds allocated to the Department through the Spending Review.
Dental Services: Finance
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Breast Cancer: Screening
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