Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 192211

Pharmacy: Disadvantaged

Tabled: 3 July 2023
Answered: 6 July 2023
Named Day

Question

Navendu Mishra

LabourStockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June to Question 190457 on Pharmacy: Stockport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of pharmacies in areas of deprivation.

Answer

Neil O'Brien
There remains good access to National Health Service pharmaceutical services in England, with 80% of the population within 20 minutes walking distance to their nearest pharmacy. Access to pharmaceutical services is better in the most deprived areas with t...

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