Question reference: S6W-10094
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 29 July 2022
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 August 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce any impact on patients and communities from the reported number of unscheduled closures of community pharmacies in NHS (a) Grampian and (b) Tayside.
Answer
While pharmacy closures can occur, this on the whole represents a small proportion of the network and is often limited to a small proportion of the required model hours. The Scottish Government continue to work with all Health Boards and community pharmacies representatives who are responsible for the provision of local pharmaceutical care services to ensure that any challenges faced by community pharmacies in providing the safe and effective dispensing of treatments are discussed with the local Health Board to minimise impact and risk to patients. Health boards can take a range of actions in response to any breach of terms by a pharmacy contractor.