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NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring large pharmacies to hold several months of reserve stock of medication.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
7 Mar 2025
Answer
11 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring large pharmacies to hold several months of reserve stock of medication.

  2. 7 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Pharmacies are independent businesses and are expected to maintain a reasonable stock holding to meet their legal obligations to dispense all prescriptions with reasonable promptness, recognising that it is not feasible for a pharmacy to maintain stock of...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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