Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the mental health and wellbeing of the community pharmacy workforce.

No assessment has been made. However, employers in the National Health Service and the community pharmacy sector have a legal duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of their employees.

NHS England and NHS Improvement have extended the NHS Mental Health Support Helpline and NHS Mental Health and Wellbeing Hubs to all community pharmacy teams. This provides access to free and confidential clinical assessments by trained mental health professionals plus access to talking therapies and other secondary care mental health services.