HL Deb 27 July 1979 vol 401 c2165WA
Lord WINSTANLEY

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many pharmacies, under contract to Family Practitioner Committees, have closed in each of the National Health Service regions of England and Wales during the last two quarters for which figures are available.

Lord CULLEN of ASHBOURNE

Pharmacy closures by region in England for the six months period ended 31st March 1979 were as follows:—

Region Quarter ended 31st December 1979 Quarter ended 31st March 1979
Northern 2 2
Yorkshire 2 5
Trent 5 4
East Anglia — 1
N.W. Thames 4 5
N.E. Thames 1 1
S.E. Thames — 1
S.W. Thames 2 4
Wessex 2 2
Oxford 1 —
South Western 2 1
West Midlands 9 6
Mersey 4 5
North Western 7 6
TOTAL 41 43

These are gross figures, i.e. they do not take account of the numbers of pharmacies opened in the same periods.