Prescriptions

(asked on 27th January 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether NHS patients in England are free to have a prescription at primary care level issued at a pharmacy of their choice.


Answered by
Baroness Merron Portrait
Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 2nd February 2026

Patients have the power to nominate a pharmacy for their regular dispensing or can choose to nominate a different one each time they are issued a prescription.

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