Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has held recent discussions with pharmacists on the (a) community pharmacy contractual framework and (b) the adequacy of resources available to them.

The Department meets regularly with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, the representative body of all pharmacy contractors in England, to discuss the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework and the funding available to the sector.