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Written Question
Pharmacy: Finance
Tuesday 11th March 2025

Asked by: John Whitby (Labour - Derbyshire Dales)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £645 million allocated for Pharmacy First had been used as of 3 December 2024.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Verified data to the end of November 2024 shows that £82 million has been spent in the 2024/25 financial year on the seven common clinical pathways and the associated incentive payments on expanding blood pressure and contraception services. A comprehensive view of all spending against the Pharmacy First budget will be available after the end of the financial year.