Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of what other conditions the Pharmacy First service could cover, beyond the seven conditions announced as part of the Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care.

No assessment has been made so far of other conditions Pharmacy First could cover. NHS England is working with integrated care boards to recruit over 200 community pharmacy Pathfinder sites to establish how independent prescribers can be used to incorporate independent prescribing into clinical services available to the public through community pharmacy in the longer-term. A detailed formative and summative evaluation, undertaken by independent evaluators, of the Pathfinder programme is planned to inform any potential future commissioning decisions.