{"value":{"id":1582467,"askingMemberId":4638,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-01-31T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-02-03T00:00:00","uin":"136821","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to support community pharmacies with (a) growing patient demand and (b) rising operational costs.","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":"2023-02-06T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 2019-24 five-year deal commits £2.592 billion each year to the sector.</p><p>In September 2022, we announced a one-off £100 million investment into pharmacy for the remainder of the five-year deal.</p><p>The Energy Bills Discount Scheme is available to all business including community pharmacies.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":"2023-02-03T00:00:00","attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Pharmacy","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1582467","method":"GET"}]}