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Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing the recommendations in the APPG on Pharmacy’s report entitled The Future of Community Pharmacy in England, published

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
27 Nov 2025
Target answer date
1 Dec 2025
Answer
4 Feb 2026 · 69 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing the recommendations in the APPG on Pharmacy’s report entitled The Future of Community Pharmacy in England, published

  2. 1 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    I am grateful to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy for its report. I agree that pharmacies play a vital role in our healthcare system and recognise the challenges the sector faces. The Department will consider the recommendations set out by th...

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