Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the extent to which the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust is fulfilling its duties under the NHS Constitution for England; and whether NHS Trusts are required to ensure the provision of out of hours pharmacy services.

The Department does not assess foundation trusts in fulfilling their duty to have regard to the NHS Constitution. NHS foundation trusts do not have responsibility for community pharmacy service provisions, as integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning community pharmacy.