Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) Consultation

Southwark’s Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) is revising the current (2015) Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA). This is a statutory HWB responsibility, as set out under the NHS (Pharmaceutical Services and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013.

A PNA is a document which records the assessment of the need for pharmaceutical services within a specific area. As such, it sets out a statement of the pharmaceutical services which are currently provided, together with when and where these are available to a given population. The same Regulations require NHS England to use the PNA to consider applications to open a new pharmacy, move an existing pharmacy or to commission additional services from pharmacy.

Southwark’s HWB established a PNA Steering Group to oversee the development of the new PNA. This group includes membership from our partner organisations and the Local Pharmaceutical Committee.

Public engagement survey: As part of the engagement process, Southwark council is conducting a survey to better understand local people’s views on the pharmacy services locally. Pharmacies provide over the counter medicines as well as those that your GP prescribes. They can also offer health advice and information. Our residents’ opinions are valuable in helping us plan for the future to ensure high quality and easily accessible services.

We are also interested in our residents’ views of where we could enhance pharmacies to offer broader range of health services.

The information that will be provided in this survey will be treated as completely confidential and anonymous.

There are no right or wrong answers and Southwark council will not be able to identify any respondent from any of the information and answers given.

The online survey closes on 13th of August 2017.

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