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Pharmacy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that independent community pharmacies have adequate funding to sustain their (a) businesses and (b) services.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
26 Mar 2025
Target answer date
28 Mar 2025
Answer
3 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that independent community pharmacies have adequate funding to sustain their (a) businesses and (b) services.

  2. 28 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Government recognises that pharmacies are an integral part of the fabric of our communities. They provide an easily accessible ‘front door’ to the National Health Service, staffed by highly trained and skilled healthcare professionals.We have now conc...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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