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Pharmacy: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Think Pharmacy First campaign on helping to encourage people use pharmacies for treatment.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
9 Feb 2026
Answer
9 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 3 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Think Pharmacy First campaign on helping to encourage people use pharmacies for treatment.

  2. 9 Feb 2026

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  3. 9 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The Pharmacy First advertising campaign has now been run on several occasions. Data collected from the campaign run from November to December 2024 showed an increase in public knowledge that pharmacies can treat ‘Pharmacy First’ conditions, from 71% to 79...

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