{"value":{"id":1580002,"askingMemberId":4803,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-01-24T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-01-24T00:00:00","uin":"903232","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent the closure of pharmacies.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4679,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-01-25T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Pharmacies provide vital and easily accessible healthcare in the heart of our communities. The Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 2019-24 five-year deal commits £2.592 billion annually to community pharmacy and in September we announced a further one-off investment in the sector of £100 million.</p><p>Access remains good with 80% of the population living within 20 minutes walking from a pharmacy and the Pharmacy Access Scheme financially supports pharmacies in areas where there are fewer pharmacies. `</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Pharmacy","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1580002","method":"GET"}]}