Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community pharmacies were operating in 2022; and how many and what proportion of those pharmacies (a) were established (i) before and (ii) after 1 January 2022, (b) are (i) full-time and (ii) part time, (c) (i) have and (ii) have not amended their opening hours and (d) are (i) open and (ii) closed as of 1 December 2022.

On 30 November 2022, there were 11,059 community pharmacies operating. Between 1 January 2022 and 30 November 2022, 247 pharmacies opened and 336 closed. There are no full time or part time community pharmacies. Pharmacies are required to open for either a minimum of 40 or 100 core hours. On 30 November 2022, 1,022 pharmacies contracted to open for 100 hours a week and 10,037 for 40 hours a week. In addition to the core hours, pharmacies can open for any number of supplementary hours, which can be changed by notifying NHS England.