Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 75540
Pharmacy: Standards
Tabled: 5 September 2025
Answered: 19 September 2025
Question
Edward Morello
Liberal Democrat — West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure continuity of access to prescription medicines in towns where a single operator pharmacy fails to meet its contractual obligations.
Answer
Stephen KinnockNational Health Service pharmaceutical services, the staff who provide them, and the community pharmacies from which they are delivered are regulated. The entire system is laid out in legislation and is subject to assurance and inspection by both integrat...
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