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Health: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of engaging the pharmacy sector to help deliver digital NHS health checks.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 Mar 2025
Target answer date
18 Mar 2025
Answer
25 Mar 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of engaging the pharmacy sector to help deliver digital NHS health checks.

  2. 18 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 25 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The NHS Health Check Online will be ready for piloting in three local authorities from spring 2025 for six months. Throughout the development of the pilot, Community Pharmacy England has been engaged.Individuals taking part in the pilot will be able to us...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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