Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 5099

Pharmacy: Drugs

Tabled: 10 September 2024

Answered: 18 September 2024

Question

Ben Lake

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help community pharmacies with increases in the cost of medications.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Department undertakes a quarterly assessment of the adequacy of drug prices paid to community pharmacies through the medicine margin survey. The survey samples independent pharmacy contractors’ sales invoices for the medicines they dispense, and compa...

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