Consultation outcome

Pharmacy supervision

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published
7 December 2023
Last updated
17 July 2025 鈥� See all updates
This consultation has concluded

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Pharmacy supervision consultation: government response

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Detail of outcome

The department聽held聽a consultation from 7 December 2023 to 29 February 2024 seeking views on proposals to modernise legislation governing the supervision of activities by a pharmacist in a pharmacy.

This is the formal government response to the consultation. The response analyses 5,054 replies and summarises all of the responses and feedback received during the consultation period.

Following consideration of the consultation responses, the UK government and devolved governments will take forward the amended .

The government response to consultation has been laid before Parliament alongside the draft statutory instrument.

Original consultation

Summary

DHSC is seeking views on proposals to modernise legislation governing the supervision of activities by a pharmacist in a pharmacy.

This consultation ran from
to

Consultation description

This consultation聽sets out proposals to amend the and . The proposals are to:

  • enable pharmacists to authorise pharmacy technicians to carry out, or supervise others carrying out, the preparation, assembly, dispensing, sale and supply of medicines

  • enable pharmacists to authorise any member of the pharmacy team to hand out checked and bagged prescriptions in the absence of a pharmacist

  • allow pharmacy technicians to take primary responsibility for the preparation, assembly and dispensing of medicinal products in hospital aseptic facilities

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Updates to this page

Published 7 December 2023
Last updated 17 July 2025 show all updates

  1. Added the government response to the consultation.

  2. First published.

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