Maria Caulfield MP named as the new Pharmacy Minister

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Maria Caulfield MP has been named as the new Minister with responsibility for pharmacy. Her official title is Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Patient Safety and Primary Care. She replaces Jo Churchill MP who moves to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.

Following the latest reshuffle, the Department for Health and Social Care has reorganised its Ministerial briefs. Ms Caulfield has a wide-ranging portfolio of responsibilities including primary care, community health, major diseases, patient safety, maternity care, inquiries, cosmetic regulation, gender identity services, blood transplants & organ donation and fertility & embryology.

Ms Caulfield has been the Conservative MP for Lewes since 2015. She was formerly a Vice Chair of the Conservative Party for Women, and Assistant Government Whip. She was a member of the House of Common Select Committees for Northern Ireland Affairs, Women and Equalities and Exiting the EU.

Ms Caulfield is a former NHS nurse and specialised in cancer research. In March 2020, she announced her intention to return to the front line to support the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

PSNC Chief Executive Simon Dukes said:

“PSNC would like to congratulate and welcome the new Minister to her role. We look forward to meeting with her at the earliest opportunity and to continuing to work collaboratively with both her and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to ensure that community pharmacies can contribute to the Government’s health ambitions.

There is much that pharmacy can – and is – doing to support the pandemic recovery and we will ensure that Ms Caulfield is fully briefed on both the challenges ahead for community pharmacies and the vital and valuable roles they play in their local communities.”

 

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