Issue - meetings

The Board is asked to sign off the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) 2025-28, prior to publication on the Kirklees Council web site.

Contact: Owen Richardson, Data and Insight Enablement Lead for Public Health.

Owen Richardson, Data and Insight Enablement Lead, provided a brief update on the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA), which was presented to the Board for sign-off. By way of background, the Board was reminded that Health and Wellbeing Boards in England have a statutory duty to publish and maintain an up-to-date statement of pharmaceutical service needs for their population. This assessment is reviewed and updated every three years.

In September 2024, the Board was presented with a timeline for that process.  In February 2025, a draft copy of the PNA was shared with the Board prior to going out to 60-day consultation which took place during March and April 2025.  In total there were four responses to that consultation.  Nothing was raised in the consultation that required any significant changes to the draught version that was previously shared.  The conclusions remain valid based on the consultation.

The Board was informed that the information being presented is the final version of the PNA which includes all the information regarding the consultation, and it incorporates the changes to the pharmacy provision that have occurred since the draft.

Subject to approval by the Board, the PNA will be published by 22 September 2025 to ensure continuity with the expiry of the current version.

RESOLVED:

That the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment for 2025-2028 be approved by the Board.