Pharmacy: Finance
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to financially support community pharmacies.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock
For 2025/26, funding for the core community pharmacy contractual framework was increased to £3.1 billion. This represented the largest uplift in funding of any part of the National Health Service at the time, at over 19% across 2024/25 and 2025/26.
On 25 February 2026, the Department began a consultation with Community Pharmacy England to consider any proposed changes to the reimbursement and remuneration of pharmacy contractors across 2026/27.
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