Written question asked by Paul Marsden (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 16 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 23 March 2005. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 March 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pharmacies in Shrewsbury and Atcham there were in each year since 1997.

Answer: Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many pharmacies in Shrewsbury and Atcham there were in each year since 1997. [223153] Dr. Ladyman: The information is not held centrally in the format requested. Information prior to 2002 is available by health authority (HA). Shrewsbury and Atcham was within Shropshire HA. Table 1 shows the number of community pharmacies in Shropshire HA for the years 1997-98 to 2001-02. Since 2002, the former Shropshire HA has been covered by Shropshire county primary care trust (PCT) and Telford and Wrekin PCT. Table 2 shows the number of community pharmacies for the years 2002-03 and 2003-04. Table 1. Shropshire HA: number of community pharmacies _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1997-98 66 1998-99 66 1999-2000 66 2000-01 66 2001-02 66 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table 2. Shropshire county and Telford and Wrekin PCTs: number of community pharmacies _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2002-03 2003-04 Shropshire county PCT 41 41 Telford and Wrekin PCT 26 29 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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