Consultation on the draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) 2018

Overview

Consultation on the draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA)

Overview

What is the PNA?

From 1st April 2013, every Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) in England has a statutory responsibility to publish and keep up to date a statement of the needs for pharmaceutical services of the population in its area, referred to as a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA).

This PNA looks at the current provision of pharmaceutical services across Birmingham and whether this meets the current and future needs of the Birmingham. Any potential gaps to service delivery are identified and recommendations are made regarding how to address these. 

This is the second PNA that has been undertaken by Birmingham's HWB, the first was published in 2015. This updated version will be ready for publication by the 1^st April 2018.

PNAs are used by NHS England to inform decisions regarding applications for new or changes to, existing pharmaceutical services and to make decisions in the commissioning of NHS - funded services that can be provided by local community pharmacies.

In addition the Local Authorities and Clinical Commissioning Groups can also use the PNA when commissioning services to meet local health needs and priorities.

Consultation

All PNA consultations must be open for a minimum of 60 days. This consultation begins on Friday 22^st September 2017 and ends on the Tuesday  21^st November 2017.

We thank those who are taking the time to participate in the consultation and provide us with feedback.

Completing survey

• See the link below to complete the PNA Consultation Survey

• Follow link below for the full PNA Report.

• If you require further information you can contact us on: BirminghamPNA@birmingham.gov.uk

All information provided will remain anonymous and kept strictly confidential. It will be used only for the stated purposes and will not be passed on to a third party.

What happens next

The feedback and the comments from the consultation will be considered and amendments made to the PNA as necessary. The HWB will publish the final PNA in April 2018.