Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the 2024–25 formal negotiations for the community pharmacy contractual framework have been recommenced since the last general election; and, if not, why is this the case and when might they recommence.

We are committed to working with the sector to achieve a service that is fit for the future.

As identified by Lord Darzi’s review, primary care is under pressure and in crisis, but there are also demands in other parts of the National Health Service. This has made allocation of available funding very challenging.

As we committed to parliament at the end of last year, we will be resuming our consultation with Community Pharmacy England regarding the funding arrangements for community pharmacy very shortly.