Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) what steps her Department is taking to expand the role of community pharmacies in delivering preventative healthcare; and (b) what assessment the Department has made of the potential for expanded community pharmacy services to reduce pressure on GP surgeries and urgent care services.

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 3 November in response to Question 38689.