Lord Markham: ...an effective balance between central and local initiatives. On the question from the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, about sharing one prescription record, I say that this is where we see that Pharmacy First has been a vital enabler. Making sure that we have the systems right so that the pharmacy can write into the GP records to show what it is prescribing the patient gives a blueprint that...
Catherine West: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help tackle shortages of medicines in pharmacies.
Jenni Minto: .... As I made clear in my statement, a senior multidisciplinary clinical team within the chief medical officer’s directorate in the Scottish Government, which includes paediatric, pharmacy and scientific expertise, is carrying out that careful consideration. As Parliament would expect, that work is already under way. The chief medical officer will provide a written update to...
Gavin Williamson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the provision of covid-19 booster vaccinations to community pharmacies.
Angela Richardson: Empowering local pharmacies is a key part of this Government’s plan to cut waiting lists. In Guildford, we have recently lost two neighbouring pharmacies, but there is good news. I am pleased to report that, by working diligently with local pharmacists, concerned residents, the Minister and the integrated care board, I have helped to secure a new pharmacy in Burpham. Will my right hon....
Baroness Wheeler: ...in inspecting small residential care homes? With noble Lords’ indulgence, I refer lastly to a related but non-HMS issue: medicine blister packs for people living at home, which are assembled by pharmacies and either collected by patients and carers or delivered to their home. The Minister and I always seem to talk at cross-purposes about this. When I raise the issue, he stresses that...
Rachael Maskell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with community pharmacists on supporting people with (a) smoking and (b) vaping (i) addiction and (ii) dependency.
Bob Doris: ...the bill’s provisions states that other related services that are connected to abortion but are not abortion clinics could come within the scope of a buffer zone. The policy memorandum mentioned pharmacies possibly being one of those. There are pharmacies in every high street. My concern is that such an extension might lead to, say, a pro-life group being unable to have a stall in a high...
the Bishop of St Albans: To ask His Majesty's Government how many community pharmacies in rural areas closed in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, (4) 2022, and (5) 2023.
Taiwo Owatemi: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of pharmacies that have closed in Coventry North West constituency since 2019; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of pharmacy closures on primary care standards.
Andrea Leadsom: ...for 50 million more GP appointments per year, with 370.7 million booked across the last 12 months. There is an increasing number of clinical services that are being delivered in community pharmacy, including the New Medicines Service, Contraception Service, Blood Pressure Check Service, Stop Smoking Service, and most recently the new Pharmacy First service. These services help take the...
Taiwo Owatemi: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what medications have been reimbursed to community pharmacies below the market price for pharmacy procurement in (a) 2021, (b) 2022, (c) 2023 and (d) 2024.
the Bishop of St Albans: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the impact of rural pharmacy closures on access to primary care.
Preet Kaur Gill: ...will that actually work? How and where will patients access scans and tests? Will they be available in the most deprived communities, where outcomes are far worse? What about in GP practices and pharmacies? Perhaps the Minister could take up Labour’s fully costed plan for a “fit for the future fund” to double the number of MRI and CT scanners, so that we can catch illness earlier and...
Andrea Leadsom: ...Group Direction. It can also be supplied without prescription by drug services, which include specialist National Health Service and voluntary sector treatment services, as well as community pharmacies providing other substance misuse services across the UK. Naloxone has been available for anyone to use in an emergency since 2005. There is good awareness of it, supported by earlier...
Lord Markham: ...did not get basic heart and blood pressure checks. That is why we have introduced the Midlife MoT, which is designed to give people a 10-year risk analysis; have put blood pressure devices in pharmacies and all sorts of other places to get 2 million checks; and have a workplace heart disease strategy check. All this is designed to get that prevention in place so that people are aware of...
Jenni Minto: ...of Medical Directors and other clinical leaders. A multidisciplinary clinical team within the office of the chief medical officer in the Scottish Government—including people with paediatric, pharmacy and scientific expertise—will assess the clinical recommendations and engage with the relevant clinical community and leadership in health boards in relation to the recommendations. The...
Danny Donnelly: ...Department of Health. There are so many issues that the Department needs to work on and prioritise, a few of which include waiting lists, domiciliary care practices, general practice and community pharmacy. If we reduce the deferral period, as we are told, from the proposed two years to one year or just a few months, the Department will have to focus more of its already strained resources...
Andrew Stephenson: ..., we delivered 25.77 million GP appointments compared with 23.31 million in December 2019—an increase of 2.46 million appointments each month. We need to continue to work with programmes such as Pharmacy First, and we are taking other steps to reduce the pressure on GPs so that they have more time to spend with their patients.
Andrea Leadsom: ...care staff increased by 1,195 full-time equivalents. I think that demonstrates to the hon. Lady that the actual resources in GP practice are increasing, with specialisms such as physiotherapy and pharmacy, as well as nurse prescribers, to provide patients more access to good healthcare.
