Pharmacy
(asked on 2nd March 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on assessing the potential merits of introducing a pharmacy first scheme in England.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) sets out the vision for community pharmacy to provide treatment for minor illnesses, support for self care and health advice.
Many community pharmacies deliver the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service which enables general practitioners and NHS 111 to refer patients to a pharmacist for advice on and treatment of minor illnesses. We are exploring additional provision through community pharmacies under the CPCF and in the long term.