PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Pharmacy: Staff (23 October 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of qualified pharmacists working in (a) community pharmacy, (b) general practice, (c) hospitals and (d) mental health services.

Asked by:
Josh Newbury (Labour)

The Government will make sure the National Health Service has the staff it needs to be there for all of us when we need it and reform the way we deliver care, so more care is delivered in the community.

NHS England and the General Pharmaceutical Council have been working with education providers to increase pharmacy training places. Recent announcements include the establishment of new schools of pharmacy at Plymouth University, Teesside University, and the University of Leicester, which will improve training opportunities and build resilience across all pharmacy settings.

Answered by:
Stephen Kinnock (Labour)
29 October 2024