Question follow-through · 3537
Primary Care: Pharmacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) the rollout of independent prescribing and (b) the expansion of the community pharmacy workforce to enable pharmacies to deliver a broader range o
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jun 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) the rollout of independent prescribing and (b) the expansion of the community pharmacy workforce to enable pharmacies to deliver a broader range o
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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9 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government recently announced a £340 million uplift to community pharmacy funding, a 10% increase, recognising the essential role pharmacies play in supporting patients and the wider National Health Service. As part of this, we are funding the rollout...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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