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Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on ensuring the provision of community pharmacies in new housing developments.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 7 May 2025
Target answer date: 12 May 2025
Answer: 14 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

7 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on ensuring the provision of community pharmacies in new housing developments.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 May 2025
Answer published
Local authorities are required to undertake a pharmaceutical needs assessment (PNA) every three years to assess whether their population is adequately served by local pharmacies. Legislation requires PNAs to include consideration of the future need for ph...

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