PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(12 February 2026)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has provided to community pharmacies through the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework in real terms in each year since 2016.

Asked by:
Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)

The following table shows the nominal and real terms funding provided through the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework each year since 2015/16:

	Nominal value (£m)	Gross domestic product deflator at December 2025	Real terms value 2025/26 prices (£m)
2015/16	2,800	72.46	3,864
2016/17	2,687	73.91	3,636
2017/18	2,592	74.85	3,463
2018/19	2,592	76.55	3,386
2019/20	2,592	78.57	3,299
2020/21	2,592	82.68	3,135
2021/22	2,592	82.87	3,128
2022/23	2,592	88.70	2,922
2023/24	2,592	93.38	2,776
2024/25	2,698	97.14	2,777
2025/26	3,073	100.00	3,073

In 2025/26, the funding for the core community pharmacy contractual framework was increased to £3.1 billion. This represented the largest uplift in funding of any part of the National Health Service at the time, over 19% across 2024/25 and 2025/26. Additional funding was also made available, for example, for pharmacies delivering Pharmacy First consultations and flu and COVID-19 vaccinations.

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