Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pharmacies have bought coded stamped lateral flow tests for collection by immunocompromised patients from 17 November.
Wes Streeting: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of prescriptions were written by pharmacists in each of the last five years.
Elliot Colburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make PrEP available (a) online, (b) in pharmacies and (c) in GP surgeries.
Lord Markham: ...all pharmacists will qualify with a prescribing qualification. As part of the Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care, an additional investment up to £645 million will support a new Pharmacy First service which will allow community pharmacists to assess patients and provide treatments, including the supply of certain antibiotics. These will be supplied against Patient Group...
John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse is (a) of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme in total and (b) for the recruitment of clinical pharmacists under that scheme as of 16 October 2023; and what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of that scheme on patient outcomes.
John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what modelling his Department has undertaken on the expected number of GP appointments to be freed up as a result of the delivery of the Pharmacy First service in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) subsequent financial years.
Will Quince: ...dates between October and December 2023. We do not hold information or take action at a local level. We have published a list of currently available and unavailable ADHD products on the Specialist Pharmacy Services website, which provides information for prescribers. This will be regularly updated to ensure those involved in prescribing and dispensing can make informed decisions. Any...
Saqib Bhatti: ...and Trade, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the change in rate of the National Living wage in April 2023 on the financial viability of employers in (a) pharmacies and (b) other SMEs in Meriden constituency.
Will Quince: ...a global challenge. This includes the sale of prescription drugs from unregulated sources. Criminal gangs, often based overseas, advertise medicines through websites resembling those of legitimate pharmacies, while others exploit online marketplaces or sell social media platforms. The MHRA has a dedicated Criminal Enforcement Unit (CEU) that works with partners across government and...
John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on distance selling pharmacies that breach their NHS contract by not providing their service nationally.
John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding on a real term basis his Department has provided to community pharmacies through a retained margin under the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework in each year since 2014.
Neil O'Brien: There are no current plans to commission community pharmacy to support diagnosis and treatment of coeliac disease. Diagnosis and the prescription of treatment is within the clinical scope of practice of general practitioners and specialist doctors. Community pharmacies are already commissioned to provide support to patients on making best use of medicines prescribed, as well as to provide...
Lord Markham: ...laid out in a system letter on 30 August 2023, which has been published on NHS.UK in an online-only format. In addition to the financial arrangements set out in the Autumn 2023 GP and Community Pharmacies enhanced service specifications, and Standard Contract schedules, interim arrangements to support programme acceleration have been put in place to recognise additional administrative,...
Will Quince: .... We continue to work with the respective manufacturer to ensure continuous supply is resumed quickly. However, we can confirm that Elvanse 20mg, 40mg and 60mg capsules are currently in stock and pharmacies should be able to obtain stock via normal wholesaler routes. We are also aware of a shortage with Bupropion. The resupply date of this product is still to be confirmed. We have issued...
Will Quince: .... The NHS Cancer Programme continues to scope opportunities to streamline cancer pathways to support earlier and faster diagnosis of cancer, including piloting direct referral routes from community pharmacies, increasing general practice direct access to diagnostic tests and expanding the roll-out of Community Diagnostic Centres.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of expanding the portion of the flu immunisation programme delivered by community pharmacies.
Maria Caulfield: .... To date, the pharmaceutical companies producing COVID-19 vaccines have not made these treatments commercially available to the private health care sector in the United Kingdom either through pharmacies or other healthcare providers, but this is a matter for pharmaceutical companies rather than the Government or Parliament.
Julian Sturdy: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support local pharmacies.
Dan Carden: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has held with community pharmacies on the start date for the NHS flu vaccination programme.
Neil O'Brien: ...legislation will be dependent on the availability of Parliamentary time across the four nations. We are committed to pursuing legislative changes to level the playing field and enable all community pharmacies to make use of hub and spoke arrangements.