Prevention of Ill Health: Government Vision Debate

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Bim Afolami

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Prevention of Ill Health: Government Vision

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Points of Order
Monday 5th November 2018

(6 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. The Chair will be keen to move on to the main business at 6 o’clock, or very close thereto, so if people have questions in mind, will they think about how they can shave them?

Bim Afolami Portrait Bim Afolami (Hitchin and Harpenden) (Con)
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I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement. Will he outline what his views are for community pharmacy as part of the strategy of prevention?

Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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Community pharmacies have a hugely important role to play in keeping people out of hospital and in supporting GP surgeries by doing more. Here, it is the French model that I look to for inspiration, but we should look all across the world to improve our health service.

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