Comment on the draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025 document until 2 September 2025.
We asked for your help in improving the pharmaceutical service by taking part in a survey and sharing your experiences of using these services. Worcestershire County Council managed the survey. This public survey closed on 31 January 2025.
We are now consulting on the draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025 document with nominated consultees.
What is a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA)?
Every local authority, including Herefordshire Council, has a Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB). These act to promote integrated working among local providers of healthcare and social care such as the NHS, public health, adult social care, and children's services. Members also include elected representatives and local Healthwatch.
The main purpose of the Herefordshire HWB is to plan together how best to meet the needs of their local population and tackle local inequalities in health.
Since 2013, Herefordshire HWB have a responsibility to assess the need for pharmaceutical services of the population within their areas and to publish a statement of need. This is referred to as a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA).
Consultation on the Herefordshire Council PNA 2025
Herefordshire Council HWB have produced a draft local PNA. This will help ensure residents have good access to local pharmacy services. The last PNA was published in 2022 and this PNA is due to be published on 1 October 2025.
This PNA provides an assessment of the current provision of pharmaceutical services across Herefordshire and whether this meets the needs of the population, or if there are any potential gaps. Additionally, recommendations for where and how services may be improved.
The PNA will be used by the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board (HWICB), to consider applications to open new pharmacies, or to commission additional services from pharmacies. Local commissioners may also use information and evidence contained within the PNA to commission additional services from community pharmacies.
How to comment on the draft PNA
Nominated consultees are kindly requested to comment on the contents of the draft PNA before it is finalised and published.
We would like to invite you to take part in this consultation which will run from 4 July until 2 September 2025.
All feedback will be considered, and a consultation report will be included within the final PNA. This will give an overview of the feedback received and set out how this has impacted the final document. We look forward to receiving your feedback.
- Herefordshire PNA 2025 draft for consultation
- Herefordshire PNA 2025 appendices draft for consultation
To limit the environmental impact of this consultation we would prefer that the document is read electronically. However, if you do require a paper copy of the form or have any queries, please contact ryan.davies@herefordshire.gov.uk