Pharmacy

Department of Health written question – answered at on 8 September 2017.

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Photo of Jon Ashworth Jon Ashworth Shadow Secretary of State for Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding pharmacies have received for providing (a) essential and (b) advanced services in each year since 2007-08 in (i) England and (ii) each local authority area.

Photo of Steve Brine Steve Brine The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health

The fees and allowances paid under the community pharmacy contractual framework for essential and advanced services provided by community pharmacies each year from April 2011 to May 2017 are detailed in the table below. This is based on NHS Business Services Authority data, which in line with their records management policy is only available for six financial years plus the current year. These payments do not include the medicine margin community pharmacies are allowed to earn as part of the payment for essential services, which is paid through reimbursement within the drugs’ bill.

Time Period

Essential Services Fees and Allowances1 (£)

Advanced Services Fees2 (£)

2011/12

1,864,457,518.09

78,082,359.62

2012/13

1,847,685,380.92

96,603,659.09

2013/14

1,908,705,835.81

105,000,556.12

2014/15

1,895,070,668.01

108,034,310.82

2015/16

1,881,141,079.50

112,536,351.89

2016/17

1,752,244,281.27

115,311,548.44

April – May 2017

254,235,060.58

19,263,189.52

Total

11,403,539,824.18

634,831,975.50

Notes:

1This comprises the fees and allowances paid under Part IIIA: Professional Fees (Pharmacy Contractors) and Part VIA: Payment for Essential Services (Pharmacy Contractors) of the Drug Tariff.

2 This comprises the fees paid to pharmacy contractors under Part VIC: Advanced Services (Pharmacy and Appliance Contractors)(England) of the Drug Tariff with the exception of the Community Pharmacy Seasonal Flu Vaccination Advanced Service and the NHS Urgent Medicine Supply Advanced Service pilot scheme, which are separately funded by NHS England.

Essential and advanced services under the community pharmacy contractual framework are commissioned and funded by the National Health Service, rather than local authorities. A breakdown of fees and allowances paid for essential and advanced services provided by community pharmacies by NHS England Area from April 2013 (when NHS England was established) to May 2017 is detailed in the table below:

April 2013 – May 2017

NHS England Area

Essential Services Fees and Allowances1 (£)

Advanced Services Fees2 (£)

Arden, Hereford and Worcester

227,173,105.87

12,471,806.00

Bath, Gloucester, Swindon and Wiltshire

194,264,861.16

10,698,397.64

Birmingham and the Black Country

382,048,149.30

24,479,481.00

Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucester

203,844,336.59

12,535,700.84

Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral

196,741,140.51

11,818,010.92

Cumbria, Northumbria, Tyne and Wear

346,096,424.54

16,101,508.76

Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

280,954,214.40

17,394,417.84

Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

243,978,967.48

14,688,545.28

Durham, Darlington and Tees

228,795,999.17

9,639,507.48

East Anglia

310,112,463.57

18,804,613.20

Essex

237,137,272.03

14,470,338.40

Greater Manchester

468,751,127.40

27,327,097.22

Hertfordshire and South Midlands

359,111,434.98

22,494,201.30

Kent and Medway

237,213,904.62

14,107,079.36

Lancashire

263,368,765.04

15,234,732.32

Leicestershire and Lincolnshire

249,852,782.65

14,583,791.92

Merseyside

227,811,833.19

12,899,454.56

North East London

384,832,821.86

26,726,691.28

North West London

248,519,307.32

17,040,248.44

North Yorkshire and Humber

245,869,738.16

13,235,273.20

Shropshire and Staffordshire

235,256,866.36

13,260,886.28

South London

358,363,508.73

25,058,335.56

South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw

266,634,566.98

15,480,457.12

Surrey and Sussex

341,873,405.61

23,686,281.31

Thames Valley

222,827,674.68

14,298,715.56

Wessex

347,383,720.25

21,493,894.92

West Yorkshire

382,578,532.72

20,116,489.08

Total

7,691,396,925.17

460,145,956.79

Notes:

1This comprises the fees and allowances paid under Part IIIA: Professional Fees (Pharmacy Contractors) and Part VIA: Payment for Essential Services (Pharmacy Contractors) of the Drug Tariff. The medicine margin community pharmacies are allowed to earn as part of the payment for essential services, which is paid through reimbursement within the drugs’ bill, is not included.

2This comprises the fees paid to pharmacy contractors under Part VIC: Advanced Services (Pharmacy and Appliance Contractors)(England) of the Drug Tariff with the exception of the Community Pharmacy Seasonal Flu Vaccination Advanced Service and the NHS Urgent Medicine Supply Advanced Service pilot scheme, which are separately funded by NHS England.

A more detailed breakdown of fees and allowances paid for essential and advanced services provided by community pharmacies by NHS England Area from April 2013 to May 2017 is attached.

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