Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps he is taking to (i) make the community pharmacy contract more sustainable; and (ii) reform the price concession mechanism. Minister of Health: The current community pharmacy contractual arrangements in Northern Ireland centre around a funding envelope determined by the Department … Continue reading AQW 47402/22-27 – Community pharmacy contract
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps he is taking to support community pharmacies to improve accessibility for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or living with dual sensory loss. Minister of Health: The Health and Social Care system is committed to ensuring that services commissioned … Continue reading AQW 45573/22-27 – Community pharmacies accessibility
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the funding support or mitigations that will be provided to community pharmacy, GPs, dentists and opticians for the increases in National Insurance contributions and the National Minimum Wage from April 2025. Minister of Health: I recognise that the increase in … Continue reading AQW 24788/22-27 – Community Pharmacies Funding Update
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health when negotiations for new contractual and funding arrangements with community pharmacy representatives will commence. Minister of Health: A contractual framework has been in place with Community Pharmacy since 2017 which was negotiated between Health and Social Care Board, DoH and Community Pharmacy Northern Ireland … Continue reading AQW 24787/22-27 – Community Pharmacies
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 13519/22-27, (i) for his assessment of the accuracy of the 2018-19 year-start investment total for community pharmacy services being £104 million in 2018/19, given that his Department’s cost findings quantified the cost of community pharmacy services to be at least £130 … Continue reading AQW 14115/22-27 – Investment for community pharmacy services
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 13519/22-27, to detail any additional financial support he will provide to implement the Strategic Plan for Community Pharmacy. Minister of Health: The Community Pharmacy Strategic Plan brings together four existing inter-related programmes of work led by the Department, to support the … Continue reading AQW 14114/22-27 – Financial support to implement the Strategic Plan for Community Pharmacy
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health what assessment he has made of the impact of the implementation of the Pharmacy Workforce Review 2020 on the financial viability of community pharmacies. Minister of Health: The aim of the Pharmacy Workforce Review published in 2020 was to inform pharmacy workforce development needs … Continue reading AQW 13520/22-27 – Implementation of the Pharmacy Workforce Review 2020
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health what additional financial support he will provide to community pharmacies to implement the Community Pharmacy Strategic Plan 2030. Minister of Health: The Strategic Plan for Community Pharmacy was published on 07 May 2024. It aims to fully realise the potential of community pharmacy services … Continue reading AQW 13519/22-27 – Funding for Community Pharmacy Strategic Plan 2030
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