Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 57132

Pharmacy: Fees and Charges

Tabled: 3 June 2025

Answered: 9 June 2025

Question

Sadik Al-Hassan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to prevent spoke pharmacies from charging patients for additional services which are delivered by an outsourced hub partner.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

For medicines prescribed as part of National Health Service primary care, patients either pay the standard NHS prescription charge or receive their prescriptions free of charge, depending on eligibility. Pharmacies are responsible for collecting these cha...

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