Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) - Publications

Publication detail

The Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) is a statutory responsibility of Health and Wellbeing Boards to produce every three years. The purpose of the PNA is to assess local needs and identify gaps for pharmaceutical provision across Coventry and Warwickshire. It is a tool to enable Health and Wellbeing Boards to identify the current and future commissioning of services required from pharmaceutical providers.

The Warwickshire Health and Wellbeing Board and Coventry Health and Wellbeing Board approached the development of the 2025 and 2022 PNAs as a collaborative project, with one report being produced for both areas. The 2025 PNA replaces the 2022 PNA (which replaced the 2018 PNA) for both Warwickshire and Coventry.

The 2025 PNA contains the following sections:

Recommendations

Key Updates on Recommendations from 2022

Introduction

Purpose of the PNA
Background and legislation
Health and Wellbeing Board duties with regards to the PNA
Scope of the PNA
Exclusions from the PNA
Minimum requirements for a PNA

Approach to PNA

Determining localities
PNA steering group
How the assessment was undertaken
Information sources
Process of formal consultation

Other Relevant Work

JSNA
Health inequalities plan
Integrated Care Board (ICB)
Healthwatch

Local Picture

Population
Ethnicity
Household languages
Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)
Rural Deprivation Index for Health
Life expectancy
Households & housing development projections
Car ownership

Pharmacy Provisions and Access

Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework
Pharmaceutical lists
Community pharmacy benchmarking
Access to pharmacies in Coventry and Warwickshire
Local and national feedback on pharmacies

Pharmacy Services

Essential services
Advanced services
Enhanced services (national and local)
Locally commissioned services

Conclusion

Coventry
Warwickshire

Appendices

Appendix 1 - public survey
Appendix 2 - public survey question feedback
Appendix 3 - Healthwatch public engagement on pharmacy services
Appendix 4 - formal consultation feedback
Appendix 5 - changes since 2022 PNA
Appendix 6 - list of pharmacy closures or consolidations since 2022 PNA

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