PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Primary Health Care (18 August 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers on 27 July 2021 to Question 35950 on Primary Health Care and Question 35951 on Integrated Care Systems, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of its policy to promote self care for minor ailments; and whether he has appointed a governing body to oversee that policy.

Asked by:
Feryal Clark (Labour)

The Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 2019-2024 five-year deal sets out the joint vision of the Government, NHS England & and NHS Improvement and the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee for how community pharmacy will support the NHS Long Term Plan by providing more clinical services and becoming the first point of call for minor ailments. There are no plans to appoint a governing body to oversee the promotion of self-care for minor ailments.

Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
8 September 2021