Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 97705

Hospitals: Pharmacy

Tabled: 5 December 2025

Answered: 18 December 2025

Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS hospitals have 24 hours pharmacy dispensing for patients being discharged.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

The Department and NHS England do not hold this information.  NHS England’s guidance and toolkits embed medicines planning within discharge processes and emphasise arranging discharge prescriptions and take-home medicines in advance, so they can be suppli...

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