Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 76889

Pharmacy

Tabled: 12 September 2025

Answered: 25 September 2025

Question

Ian Roome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment, his Department has made of the accuracy of pharmaceutical needs assessments undertaken by local health and wellbeing boards.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

Decisions on applications to open a new pharmacy are delegated from NHS England to National Health Service integrated care boards, and the Department does not hold data on how many applications were rejected or the reasons for these rejections. If a pharm...

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