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Pharmacy: Finance

Asked by Dr Luke EvansConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 20 March 2025UIN 33084

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the NHS-commissioned independent economic analysis of pharmacy funding before the conclusion of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework contract negotiations.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

NHS England commissioned Frontier Economics to undertake an independent economic analysis of National Health Service pharmacy funding in 2024. Both the interim and draft final reports of the economic analysis have been shared with Ministers and Community Pharmacy England and are informing the current consultation.

This work is nearing completion and will be published soon.

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