Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to support community pharmacies with (a) growing patient demand and (b) rising operational costs.
The Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 2019-24 five-year deal commits £2.592 billion each year to the sector.
In September 2022, we announced a one-off £100 million investment into pharmacy for the remainder of the five-year deal.
The Energy Bills Discount Scheme is available to all business including community pharmacies.