Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 15
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Paragraph: 92
Caution against mandating widespread implementation of hub and spoke systems in pharmacies.
Recommendation
While hub and spoke arrangements may be beneficial to some pharmacies, we do not believe this is a ‘silver bullet’ in terms of efficiencies. We urge the Government not to assume that hub and spoke alone will deliver the extra capacity pharmacists clearly need to deliver clinical services. We note the Government’s response to their consultation and intention to proceed with plans to allow hub and spoke systems to be set up across different legal entities, but caution against encouraging, or even mandating, more widespread implementation.
Paragraph Reference:
92
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 10 January 2025. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗