Agenda item - Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment - Final report and the Process for Future PNAS and Supplementary Statements

1)       That the final Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) 2015 report is  approved.

2)       That the process for supplementary statements is approved and that the Director of Public Health, working in consultation with the PNA Steering Group, be given delegated authority to identify and implement any future amendments to the PNA and to bring back a full revised PNA to the HWB in 2018.

Introduction

69.1    The Board considered a report of the Public Health Principal which presented a final Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) 2015 report and the process for future PNAs and supplementary statements for approval by the Health and Wellbeing Board.  The report was presented by Nicola Rosenberg, Public Health Principal. 

          Questions and Discussion

69.2    Councillor Theobald mentioned that he had previously raised the issue of where people could find pharmacies out of hours.  He asked if the current report addressed this issue.  The Public Health Principal confirmed that this matter was addressed in the report.  The online portal and individual pharmacies would provide this information.  The link to the online portal could be found on the CCG, Argus and NHS Choices websites.

69.3    RESOLVED:

1)       That the final Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) 2015 report is approved.

2)       That the process for supplementary statements is approved and that the Director of Public Health, working in consultation with the PNA Steering Group, is given delegated authority to identify and implement any future amendments to the PNA and to bring back a full revised PNA to the HWB in 2018.