Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the support required by pharmacies during the COVID-19 pandemic; and what steps, if any, they are taking to ensure that any shortfall in such support is addressed.

Ministers and Government officials are working closely with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, the representative body of pharmacy contractors, and NHS England and NHS Improvement to ensure that community pharmacies get the support they need to supply medicines and to help their communities stay well.