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Pharmacy: Private Sector

Asked by Liz JarvisLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 9 September 2025UIN 71558

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of NHS Trusts outsourcing pharmacy services to private providers on patient care.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department has not made any assessment of the potential impact of outsourcing National Health Service trust services to private pharmacies on the time taken to deliver prescriptions to customers or on patient care.

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