Asked by: Rebecca Harris (Conservative - Castle Point)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the recommendations of the Hughes Report, Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 February 2024.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne
The Government is carefully considering the valuable work done by the Hughes Report, and will respond as soon as possible.
Asked by: Rebecca Harris (Conservative - Castle Point)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to the supplementary hours worked by pharmacists on provision of pharmaceutical services in each NHS locality.
Answered by David Mowat
The community pharmacy in 2016/17 and beyond reforms announced on 20 October were considered in respect of the public sector equality duty, the family test and relevant duties of the Secretary of State under the National Health Service Act 2006. This included the impact on the provision of pharmaceutical services by community pharmacies including supplementary hours.