Question follow-through · 1474
Pharmacy: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the distribution of medicines margin across the community pharmacy sector; and when the outcomes of that assessment will be published.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 14 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 21 May 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust: Waiting Lists · 2 Jun 2026
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust: Waiting Lists · 2 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the distribution of medicines margin across the community pharmacy sector; and when the outcomes of that assessment will be published.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2026
Answer published
The Department does not assess the distribution of medicine margin across the community pharmacy sector. However, as part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework funding settlement 2025/26, the Department committed to a range actions to try to del...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Medway NHS Foundation Trust: Waiting Lists
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of patients waiting to start treatment with Medway NHS Foundation Trust in (a) July 2024 and (b) May 2026.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust: Waiting Lists
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of patients waiting to start treatment with Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust in (a) July 2024 and (b) May 2026.