Pharmacy: Rural Areas

(asked on 14th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of changes in funding of community pharmacies on access to healthcare for people in rural areas who use such pharmacies as their first point of contact for healthcare and treatment.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 22nd November 2017

We are monitoring the market carefully and apart from the recent announcement by Lloyds Pharmacy, the number of closures since the introduction of the reforms has not been significant.

1,413 pharmacies currently receive payments under the Pharmacy Access Scheme to help protect access in areas where there are fewer pharmacies, and those with the greatest health need continue to have the greatest access to pharmaceutical services.

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