Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to use community pharmacists to provide additional community health services to take pressure off GP practices.

There are currently no plans for community pharmacies to provide additional community health services nationally. However, community health services can be commissioned from pharmacies locally if the need exists. The Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 2019-24 set out the vision for community pharmacy to be better integrated and deliver more clinical services such as health advice and treatment for minor illnesses.