Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 52474

Pharmacy: South West

Tabled: 14 May 2025
Answered: 22 May 2025

Question

Sarah Gibson

Liberal DemocratChippenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average dispensing time for a prescription in the NHS South West for each month between May 2015 and April 2025.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Department does not hold data on average dispensing time, and it is not routinely collected. Pharmacies are independent businesses who follow their own individual standard operating procedures in dispensing medicines. How they order, receive, and labe...

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