| Heading: |
NHS: Drugs |
| Question ID: |
1728433 |
| UIN: |
5097 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-09-10 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4630 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ben Lake
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| Asking Member handle: |
BenMLake
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@BenMLake
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) drug prices, (b) appliance prices and (c) fees paid to pharmacy contractors in the NHS Drug Tariff. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-09-18 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4444 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Karin Smyth
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| Answering Member handle: |
karinsmyth
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@karinsmyth
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The Department undertakes a quarterly assessment of the adequacy of drug prices paid to community pharmacies through the medicine margin survey. The survey samples independent pharmacy contractors’ sales invoices for the medicines they dispense, and compa... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |