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 support local pharmacy services in Huddersfield.

The Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 2019-24 commits £2.592 billion to the sector each year and sets out how community pharmacy will be integrated into the National Health Service, delivering more clinical services and providing treatment and advice for minor illnesses, including in Huddersfield.

On 22 September, we announced further services to be provided by community pharmacy in the remainder of the Framework, including a one-off investment of £100 million. We will enable community pharmacists to manage and initiate contraception, provide further support for patients newly prescribed anti-depressants and urgent and emergency care settings will be able to refer patients to a community pharmacist for a minor illness consultation or an urgent medicine supply.