Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025
What is a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA)?
Hounslow Health and Wellbeing Board is hosted by Hounslow Council. The Government requires all Health and Wellbeing Boards to produce an assessment of pharmaceutical services in its area every three years, under the NHS. The next assessment is due by the end of the September 2025. This document is called the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA).
The PNA is a report of the present needs for pharmaceutical services. It is used to identify any gaps in current services or improvements that could be made in future pharmaceutical service provision. There is a draft version of this PNA that you can read in full.
What are Pharmaceutical Services?
Pharmaceutical services are one of the many services currently provided under the NHS by community pharmacies and include:
- dispensing of medicines and appliances on prescription
- sale of medicines to the public
- providing advice to the public on medicines, coping with ill health or general health and wellbeing
- receiving waste medicines for safe destruction
Who will use the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment?
The PNA will be used by NHS England, the London Borough of Hounslow and the Integrated Care Board to make decisions when applications for new pharmacies are received, and for the commissioning of other services that could be delivered by community pharmacies and other providers.
Who are we consulting and why?
We are required to consult with any patient, consumer or community group in the borough who has an interest in the provision of pharmaceutical services.
It is assumed that everyone living in Hounslow may require services provided by community pharmacies and appliance contractors. We are therefore consulting with the entire resident population of Hounslow and welcome the views from anyone living or providing pharmaceutical services in the borough. Your comments will inform the final Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment, which will be published in September 2025.
When will the consultation take place?
The consultation will take place from 24 February until 5 May 2025.
Read the Hounslow Draft PNA in full
For any further information or alternative format please telephone 020 8583 2000 or email publichealth@hounslow.gov.uk.
