Jim Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-05-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of pharmacies in the UK in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
Alistair Burt
The information requested is provided in the following table.
Number of registered pharmacies in Great Britain, both National Health Service and private, for each of the last 10 years
|
As at 31 December |
|
|
2006 |
12,545 |
|
2007 |
12,844 |
|
2008 |
12,958 |
|
2009 |
13,224 |
|
2010 (as at 31 October) |
13,465 |
|
As at 31 March |
|
|
2011 |
13,500 |
|
2012 |
13,850 |
|
2013 |
14,186 |
|
2014 |
14,306 |
|
2015 |
14,367 |
|
2016 |
14,397 |
Source: For the years 2006 to 2009 the data is taken from archived records of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. From 2010 to 2016 the information has been provided by the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Number of registered pharmacies in Northern Ireland, both NHS and private, for each of the last 10 years (as at 31 May)
|
2006 |
548 |
|
2007 |
530 |
|
2008 |
538 |
|
2009 |
539 |
|
2010 |
542 |
|
2011 |
543 |
|
2012 |
548 |
|
2013 |
548 |
|
2014 |
549 |
|
2015 |
552 |
Source: Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland
