Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of geographical areas which do not have access to a pharmacy within 10 miles.

Data from June 2024 shows that approximately 93% of the population of England lived within two miles of a pharmacy. Data on distances travelled beyond two miles is not recorded.

In some rural areas where there is no pharmacy, general practitioners are permitted to dispense medicines to their patients. Patients can also choose to access medicines and pharmacy services through any of the over 400 National Health Service online pharmacies that are contractually required to deliver prescription medicines free of charge to patients anywhere in the country.