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Four services were commissioned by over 90% of LAs: emergency hormonal contraception (EHC), smoking cessation support, supervised consumption of methadone or other opiates and needle and syringe programmes (NSPs). The proportion of pharmacies commissioned to deliver these services varied considerably between LAs from &lt;10%\u2009to 100%. This variation was not related to differences in relevant proxy measures of need. NHS Health Checks and alcohol screening and brief advice were commissioned by fewer LAs (32% and 15%,\u2009respectively), again with no relationship to relevant measures of need. A range of other services were commissioned less frequently, by fewer than 10% of LAs.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Supervised consumption and NSPs were the most frequently used services, with over 4.4\u2009million individual supervisions and over 1.4\u2009million needle packs supplied. Pharmacies provided over 200\u2009000 consultations for supply of EHC, over 30\u2009000 supplies of free condoms and almost 16\u2009000 chlamydia screening kits. More than 55\u2009000 people registered to stop smoking in a community pharmacy, almost 30\u2009000 were screened for alcohol use and over 26\u2009000 NHS Health Checks were delivered.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>There is significant variation in commissioning and delivery of public health services in community pharmacies across England, which correlate poorly with potential benefit to local populations. 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