Community Pharmacies — [Mr Gary Streeter in the Chair]

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 3:30 pm on 23 February 2016.

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Photo of Rebecca Harris Rebecca Harris Conservative, Castle Point 3:30, 23 February 2016

A lot of people who go to community pharmacies in my constituency such as Bharat Patel’s and Asif’s go there with problems that they would not wish to burden their GP with, but that are a burden to themselves, so it is a great relief for them to be able to talk things through with someone. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that sometimes people go to a pharmacist because they would be uncomfortable or embarrassed to go to their local, perhaps single-handed, GP? They might want to ask for alcohol advice or about something that they find embarrassing, or perhaps a young girl might want to ask for emergency contraceptive but not wish to see the receptionist, who is her mother’s friend whom she has known all her life.