Question follow-through · 412
Prescriptions: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for how long he expects NHS England to continue central funding for the EMIS Web dispensing module.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 18 May 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for how long he expects NHS England to continue central funding for the EMIS Web dispensing module.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 May 2026
Answer published
Central funding for the EMIS Web dispensing module will remain in place until 31 March 2027. Consultation with relevant bodies including the Dispensing Doctors’ Association and the British Medical Association will take place to help inform the long-term a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Prescriptions: ICT
14 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department held discussions with stakeholders prior to NHS England's decision to cease central funding for the EMIS Web Dispensing Module from 1 April 2026.
Prescriptions: ICT
14 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has NHS England allocated to the EMIS Web Dispensing Module in 2026/27.
Maternity Services: Sussex Weald
14 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to reopen the Birthing Centre in Crowborough; and what steps he is taking to mitigate the impact of its closure on access to maternity care for residents in Sussex Weal
Maternity Services: Sussex Weald
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Infant Mortality: Fathers
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with [i] the NHS and [ii] baby loss organisations about the [a] impact of baby loss on fathers and [b] support services needed to support those fathers.
Hospices: Children and Young People
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Hospices: Children and Young People
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General Practitioners
19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Royal College of General Practitioners' report entitled Tackling the GP workload crisis, published in April 2026.
Steroid Drugs: Young People
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Steroid Drugs: Young People
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Steroid Drugs: Young People
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Health Services: Men
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