Pharmacy: Finance

(asked on 1st May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the future funding of community pharmacies.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 12th May 2020

In July 2019, we set out our landmark five-year Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) deal to deliver an expanded role for community pharmacy. The deal commits £2.592 billion per year to community pharmacy from 2019-20 to 2023-24. This amounts to almost £13 billion across the five years.

We set out that we would reprioritise funding, moving to a more service based contractual framework. The Department and NHS England and NHS Improvement will continue to work with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee to develop and deliver this joint vision. A more detailed breakdown of the funding can be found in the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework at the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/819601/cpcf-2019-to-2024.pdf

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