Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 57501

Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

Tabled: 4 June 2025
Answered: 16 June 2025

Question

Amanda Hack

LabourNorth West Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to use community pharmacies to support people with (a) asthma and (b) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to better manage their condition.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The New Medicine Service is an advanced service offered by community pharmacies, providing patients with advice to address any possible side effects, issues, or questions that patients who are prescribed a new medicine may have. The service focuses on tre...

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