The Petition of users of McArdles Pharmacy, Brierley Hill and others,
Declares that the Petitioners are concerned about proposals to allow three further pharmacies to open in Brierley Hill town centre that will each trade for more than 100 hours per week, as the Petitioners believe that adequate pharmaceutical services are already provided by the network of three well established pharmacies and that these unnecessary and undesirable new pharmacies will jeopardise the existing businesses that have provided personal care to customers for more than 40 years.
The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to ask Dudley Primary Care Trust to reject any application for the opening of further pharmacies in Brierly Hill town centre.
And the Petitioners remain, etc.—[Presented by Chris Kelly, Official Report, 16 July 2012; Vol. 548, c. 812.]
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Observations from the Secretary of State for Health:
The proposals, which are the subject of this petition, are for local consideration. The NHS (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations allow primary care trusts to take local representations into consideration before granting applications, subject to appeal.