Question follow-through · 39606

Pharmacy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing immediate cash-flow funding for pharmacies.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
24 Mar 2025
Answer
7 Apr 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 19 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 providing immediate cash-flow funding for pharmacies.

  2. 24 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    NHS England commissioned Frontier Economics to undertake an independent economic analysis of National Health Service pharmacy funding in 2024. The findings of this work were published by Frontier Economics on 28 March 2025.We have now concluded the consul...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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