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Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025-28
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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Somerset is less diverse than nationally, 96.4% of the population in Somerset are ‘White’, compared to 81.1% nationally. 1.5% are ‘Asian, Asian British, or Asian Welsh’. 1.3% ‘Mixed or Multiple Ethnic groups’, 0.4% ‘Black, Black British, Caribbean, or African’, and 0.4% ‘Other ethnic group’ (Census 2021).