Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 23900

Pharmacy: Rural Areas

Tabled: 14 January 2025
Answered: 17 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Dr Neil Hudson

ConservativeEpping Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure rural and semi-rural communities have access to pharmacies.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for understanding the health needs of their areas and for commissioning services to meet those needs. Local authorities are required to undertake a pharmaceutical needs assessment every three years to assess w...

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