Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on encouraging young people to pursue careers in (a) hospitals and (b) community pharmacies.

It is the role of NHS England to work with National Health Service secondary care, community providers, and universities to ensure there is a supply of staff to take on the available roles providing NHS services in pharmacies, and to promote the vast array of careers available within the NHS. NHS England has developed a range of resources and interactive tools to encourage people of all ages to start a career in pharmacy. Wider NHS workforce plans aim to attract people across all generations, including those who have yet to join the workforce, to enter the pharmacy profession to train as a pharmacist and pharmacy technician.