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Asked by Matt BishopLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 10 January 2025UIN 21916

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a hub and spoke model to community pharmacy.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The Government is working towards introducing legislation to enable hub and spoke dispensing between different legal entities this year. This change will be enabled via amendments to both primary and secondary legislation and is subject to the usual parliamentary processes.

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