Question follow-through · 42362
Pharmacy: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of the level of funding for independent pharmacies.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 2 Apr 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of the level of funding for independent pharmacies.
2 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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