Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide sustainable funding for rural pharmacies.

This question was answered on 8th May 2025
We have increased the core funding for community pharmacy to £3.1billon pounds in 2025/26 and increased the commissioning of additional services like Pharmacy First.
We have maintained the Pharmacy Access scheme that provides £19m to support pharmacies in areas where there are fewer pharmacies, including in rural areas.