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Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support community pharmacies.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
14 Apr 2026
Answer
14 Apr 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support community pharmacies.

  2. 14 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 14 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    As we shift care from hospital and into the community, pharmacies have a vital role to play as an essential front door to the NHS for the public. After years of neglect this Government agreed a record uplift of 3.1 billion pounds for pharmacies in 25/26, ...

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