The Health and Wellbeing Board has a statutory duty to complete a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA).
The Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment is a report from the Somerset Health and Well-being Board on how well pharmacies and pharmacy services are provided to the people of Somerset. It includes community pharmacies (‘chemists’) and GP practices that dispense medicines in many rural areas. It also considers whether the number of pharmacies will still be adequate in the next four years. It is written to inform NHS England in its commissioning of services from pharmacies, and whether new pharmacies should be encouraged or permitted to open in the county.
Because of its size, the Somerset PNA 2018-21 has been divided into sections, as shown below.
Section 1 – Somerset Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2018-21
Section 2 (Analysis by Commissioning Locality)
Annexe 3 – Chard, Crewkerne and Ilminster
Supplementary Statements
Supplementary Statement 1 March 2018 - Coleford; Jhoots
Supplementary Statement 4th September 2018 - Dulverton
Supplementary Statement 24th September 2018 - Monkton Heathfield, Blackbrook, Woolavington
Supplementary Statement 3rd December 2018 - Specialist Medicines Enhanced Service
Supplementary Statement 17th December 2018 - Lloyds, Street
Supplementary Statement 8th March 2019 - Lloyds/Sharief, Wedmore
Supplementary Statement 2nd April 2019
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