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1700006

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the closure of community pharmacies on the communities.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	20978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>There were 21 physical pharmacies on 31 December 2023 in Easington constituency. Between 31 December 2019 and 31 December 2023, two pharmacies closed in Easington constituency. However, access remains good. 85 percent of the population in Easington live within a 20-minute walk from a pharmacy. This exceeds the national average of 80 percent. Residents of Easington can also access services from distance selling pharmacies that operate nationally.</p><p>It is the statutory duty of local authorities in England to undertake pharmaceutical needs assessments for their areas, every three years, to ensure provision continues to meet their population’s needs. Integrated care boards have regard to those assessments when commissioning services and where a pharmacy closure impacts on the access to services, a new contractor can apply to open a pharmacy in the area.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 20977 question first answered 18/04/2024 15:42:30 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1700069

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of community pharmacy closures on other NHS services.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	20838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>There were 19 pharmacies in Worthing West constituency on 31 December 2023. Between 31 December 2019 and 31 December 2023, three pharmacies closed and no new pharmacies opened in Worthing West.</p><p>Access to pharmaceutical services remains good. 99 percent of the population in Worthing West live within a 20-minute walk from a pharmacy. This exceeds the national average of 80 percent. In addition, residents of Worthing West can access distance selling pharmacies that operate nationally.</p><p>It is the role of local authorities in England to undertake pharmaceutical needs assessments for their areas, every three years, to ensure provision continues to meet their population’s needs. Integrated care boards have regard to those assessments when commissioning services and where a pharmacy closure impacts on the access to services, a new contractor can apply to open a pharmacy in the area.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 20839 question first answered 18/04/2024 14:27:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1700590

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent community pharmacy closures.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	21475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>There were 16 pharmacies on 31 December 2023 in St Albans constituency. Between 31 December 2019 and 31 December 2023, three pharmacies closed in St Albans and no new pharmacies opened. However, access to pharmaceutical services remains good, with 89 percent of the population in St Albans living within a 20 minutes’ walk from a pharmacy. This exceeds the national average of 80 percent. Residents of St Albans can also access services from distance selling pharmacies that operate nationally.</p><p>It is the role of local authorities in England to undertake pharmaceutical needs assessments for their areas, every three years, to ensure provision continues to meet their population’s needs. ICBs have regard to those assessments when commissioning services and where a pharmacy closure impacts on the access to services, a new contractor can apply to open a pharmacy in the area.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 21473 21474 question first answered 22/04/2024 16:04:28 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1688339

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Closures
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the closure of over 1,000 pharmacies since 2015; and what assessment they have made of the impact of pharmacy closures in deprived areas.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL2309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>There were 10,613 pharmacies on 31 January 2024 providing National Health Services in England. The Department monitors changes to the market closely to understand patient access to NHS pharmaceutical services. Access remains good, with 80% of the population living within 20 minutes walking distance of a pharmacy and twice as many pharmacies in the most deprived areas of the country. We have seen more closures in the more deprived areas, but that is largely what we would expect as there are more pharmacies in those areas.</p><p>The law requires that every three years, local authority Health and Wellbeing Boards undertake pharmaceutical needs assessments to understand if provision is sufficient to meet local population needs. Contractors can apply to open a pharmacy where there is a gap or a need for improved access to services, or if they can make a case for providing other benefits to the local communities.</p><p> </p><p>When their usual local pharmacy closes, patients can choose to access any of the remaining pharmacies nearby. Patients can also choose to access NHS pharmaceutical services remotely through any of the approximately 400 internet pharmacies in England, which are contractually required to deliver medicines to patients’ homes free of charge.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 20/02/2024 15:56:39 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1683602

registered interest
date	19/01/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community pharmacies have closed in each of the last 5 years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	10626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority publishes official statistics which includes the number of pharmacies opening and closing in each financial year. The following table shows how many pharmacies opened or closed within the last five years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Pharmacies opened</p></td><td><p>Pharmacies closed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>418</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/2023</p></td><td><p>297</p></td><td><p>388</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Community pharmacies are private businesses that receive funding to provide pharmaceutical services for the National Health Service. The decision to close, divest or consolidate is a commercial decision made by the business owner. The Department is monitoring changes to the market closely. Access remains good, with 80% of people in England living within a 20 minutes’ walk from a local pharmacy, and with twice as many pharmacies in deprived areas.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 10631 9432 question first answered 29/01/2024 15:45:06 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1683625

registered interest
date	19/01/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the closure of community pharmacies.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	10631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority publishes official statistics which includes the number of pharmacies opening and closing in each financial year. The following table shows how many pharmacies opened or closed within the last five years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Pharmacies opened</p></td><td><p>Pharmacies closed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>418</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/2023</p></td><td><p>297</p></td><td><p>388</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Community pharmacies are private businesses that receive funding to provide pharmaceutical services for the National Health Service. The decision to close, divest or consolidate is a commercial decision made by the business owner. The Department is monitoring changes to the market closely. Access remains good, with 80% of people in England living within a 20 minutes’ walk from a local pharmacy, and with twice as many pharmacies in deprived areas.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 10626 9432 question first answered 29/01/2024 15:45:06 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1682026

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of closures of community pharmacies in the current Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework period.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
uin	9432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority publishes official statistics which includes the number of pharmacies opening and closing in each financial year. The following table shows how many pharmacies opened or closed within the last five years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Pharmacies opened</p></td><td><p>Pharmacies closed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>418</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/2023</p></td><td><p>297</p></td><td><p>388</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Community pharmacies are private businesses that receive funding to provide pharmaceutical services for the National Health Service. The decision to close, divest or consolidate is a commercial decision made by the business owner. The Department is monitoring changes to the market closely. Access remains good, with 80% of people in England living within a 20 minutes’ walk from a local pharmacy, and with twice as many pharmacies in deprived areas.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 10626 10631 question first answered 29/01/2024 15:45:06 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1672391

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent community pharmacy closures.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	3364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department is closely monitoring changes to the pharmacy network. Access to services remains good with 80% of people in England living within 20 minutes walking distance of a pharmacy and twice as many pharmacies in the most deprived areas of the country.</p><p>The Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 2019-24 five-year deal commits £2.592 billion each year to these private contractors and the Government recently announced further funding to back the introduction of Pharmacy First and an expanded service offer. The Pharmacy Access Scheme also provides targeted financial support to pharmacies in areas where there are fewer pharmacies.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 30/11/2023 12:41:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1671964

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to help prevent the closure of local independent pharmacies.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department is closely monitoring changes to the pharmacy network to ensure access to services the services they provide on behalf of the National Health Service. Access to pharmaceutical services remains good with 80 percent of people in England living within 20 minutes walking distance of a pharmacy and twice as many pharmacies in the most deprived areas of the country.</p><p>Most closures in recent years have resulted from large companies optimising their portfolio. As a result of this divestment activity the number of independent pharmacies is increasing.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/11/2023 17:33:15 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1652985

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact on public health of changes in the levels of closures of pharmacies between 2015 and 2023.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	194076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the impact on public health of pharmacy closures.</p><p>The Department closely monitors the market to ensure that people in England have good access to National Health Service pharmaceutical services, including services focused on health promotion and prevention of ill-health. Despite the increase in pharmacy closures seen in recent years, there is a similar number of pharmacies to ten years ago, and about 80% of the population live within 20 minutes’ walking distance of a pharmacy. Every three years, local authorities’ Health and Wellbeing Boards in England undertake pharmaceutical needs assessments for their areas to ensure that provision continues to meet their populations’ needs.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 19/07/2023 15:59:53 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn