Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 120785

Pharmacy: Staff

Tabled: 16 March 2026

Answered: 19 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Grahame Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) increases in the levels of wages and (b) the level of staff shortages on community pharmacies' ability to deliver additional NHS services.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

In 2025/26 funding for the core community pharmacy contractual framework was increased to £3.1 billion. This represented the largest uplift in funding of any part of the National Health Service at the time, over 19% across 2024/25 and 2025/26. This includ...

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