Question follow-through · 37518

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35591 on Pharmacy: Finance, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of pharmacies using Pharmacy First.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
13 Mar 2025
Answer
9 Apr 2025 · 29 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35591 on Pharmacy: Finance, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of pharmacies using Pharmacy First.

  2. 13 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    As of November 2024, 9,308 contractors were delivering at least one Pharmacy First clinical pathway consultation with good coverage across the country, equivalent almost 90% of active pharmacies.We have recently announced the funding arrangements for 2025...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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