Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 49712

Pharmacy

Tabled: 30 April 2025

Answered: 12 May 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that pharmacies can access high-cost, short shelf-life medications rapidly.

Answer

Karin Smyth

In the United Kingdom, community pharmacies are private businesses which provide National Health Services, and therefore, for the majority of medicines which they supply in accordance with a prescription, they have their own buying arrangements. Not all m...

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