PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(31 March 2025)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of pharmacies in (a) Bournemouth West constituency, (b) Dorset, (c) the South West and (d) England.

Asked by:
Jessica Toale (Labour)

The NHS Business Services Authority publishes the consolidated pharmaceutical list every quarter, with further information available at the following link:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/consolidated-pharmaceutical-list

The following table shows the number of pharmacies, broken down by type, in Bournemouth West, Dorset, the South West, and England, as of 31 December 2024:

Pharmacy type	Bournemouth West	Dorset	South West	England
Community pharmacies	20	132	895	10,023
Distance selling pharmacies	0	3	19	407
Locally commissioned pharmacies	0	0	3	13
Total	20	135	917	10,443

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