Community Pharmacies Debate

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Lord Lansley

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Community Pharmacies

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Monday 20th March 2023

(1 year, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Lansley Portrait Lord Lansley (Con)
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My Lords, we can anticipate that our Prime Minister understands something about pharmacy for obvious reasons. In my experience over some years, the opportunity lies in the hands of local NHS commissioners. The contract allows them to commission additional services such as minor illness services and, in the past, medicine use reviews, but they often did not do so. What steps might the Government now take with ICBs to encourage them to undertake more of the commissioning of additional services?

Lord Evans of Rainow Portrait Lord Evans of Rainow (Con)
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I thank my noble friend for that very good question. ICBs are encouraged to do exactly what he says. I refer to an answer I gave earlier: from summer 2023, NHS England will start piloting prescribing services in community pharmacies—exactly as he suggests.