Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) what steps her Department is taking to expand the role of community pharmacies in delivering preventative healthcare; and (b) what assessment the Department has made of the potential for expand
Answer
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 3 November in response to Question 38689 .
Verdict: RED (12/100) DEFERRED
This reply does not answer either part of the question in its own text. It only refers the reader to an earlier answer (3 November, Question 38689) on community pharmacies and preventative healthcare, and it gives no view, evidence, or detail on expanding the pharmacies' preventative role. Anyone reading it would need to consult that earlier answer or ask again.
How we got there
| Question item | Coverage | Specificity | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| What is the department doing about expanding the role of community pharmacies in delivering preventative healthcare? | Deferred | Generic | The only statement is a referral to a previous answer (3 November, Question 38689) and gives no substantive content on community pharmacies or preventative healthcare itself, so the substantive answer is pushed to another document. |
| What is the department's assessment or view of the potential for expanding the role of community pharmacies in delivering preventative healthcare (the source question is truncated after 'expand')? | Deferred | Generic | This item asks for the department's assessment or view of expanding community pharmacies' preventative role, but the reply only points to an earlier answer without stating any view or evidence itself, so the substance is deferred and not given here. |