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Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of pharmacies who have not been paid for carrying out Pharmacy First Consultations due to a shortening in the claim window in June 2025.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
4 Feb 2026
Answer
12 Feb 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of pharmacies who have not been paid for carrying out Pharmacy First Consultations due to a shortening in the claim window in June 2025.

  2. 4 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    Pharmacy First is an essential approach to make greater use of pharmacy professionals and shift more care from hospital into the community. The service allows pharmacists to supply prescription-only medicines for seven common conditions, enabling patients...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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