Question follow-through · 98742
Pharmacy: Lincolnshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to pharmacies in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jan 2026 · 26 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to pharmacies in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jan 2026
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. These assessments must be kept under review. The Lincolnshire Health and Wel...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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