West Sussex Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025-2028

What is the PNA?

Since April 2013, every Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) in England has had a statutory responsibility to publish and keep up to date a statement of the needs for pharmaceutical services of the population in its area. 

This is referred to as a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA).

The PNA:

• looks at the current provision of pharmaceutical services across West Sussex
• decides whether this meets the current and future needs of the population
• identifies any potential gaps to service delivery

The PNA document

The PNA is a key document which is used to inform decisions about applications for new, or changes to existing, pharmaceutical services. 

It is also used to inform the commissioning of NHS-funded, and Public Health funded services that can be provided by local community pharmacies.