CMA response to hub and spoke dispensing consultation
皇冠体育app CMA has published its response to the Department for Health and Social Care鈥檚 consultation on and hub and spoke dispensing for pharmacies
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皇冠体育app Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has responded to the Hub and spoke dispensing consultation, led by the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC). 皇冠体育app consultation sought views on proposals to enable all community pharmacies to access 鈥榟ub and spoke鈥� dispensing.
皇冠体育app CMA鈥檚 response highlights that effective competition between firms that supply medicines to pharmacies is important to delivering better outcomes to pharmacies, patients and the NHS. 皇冠体育app response encourages the department to pro-actively monitor the impact of this policy, to engage with industry as the 鈥榟ub鈥� market develops, and to consider ways of encouraging competition.
For queries relating to the CMA鈥檚 response, please contact the CMA advocacy team by email at [email protected].