Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 86560

Pharmacy: Contracts

Tabled: 29 October 2025

Answered: 5 November 2025

Named Day

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to adapt pharmacy contracts so that pharmacies can be re-located to areas of high need.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

Community pharmacies are private businesses that provide National Health Service funded services.There were 10,402 community pharmacies on 30 September 2025. In general, despite a reduction in the number of pharmacies in recent years, patient access to ph...

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