
The Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) is a comprehensive assessment of the current and future pharmaceutical needs of the local population for community pharmacy, dispensing appliance contractors and dispensing doctors in rural areas (where relevant).
Health and Wellbeing Boards have a legal duty to produce, consult and publish a PNA for their area.
The latest report and supporting information can be found here:
Somerset Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025-28
Last updated: 6th October 2025
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Around 49,637 Somerset residents now live in a neighbourhood identified as one of the 20% most deprived in England. (Indices of Deprivation 2025).