Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2011

All primary care trusts recently had to carry out a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA), which sets out local people's needs and the services being commissioned to meet them.

This Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) is now complete and will be used as a tool to inform future commissioning of Community Paharmacy Services.

By involving local people in the development of the PNA we were able to obtain a robust and representative picture of 'pharmacy services' within the Wakefield District from the patients' perspective.

It was also a chance for local people to express their satisfaction and give their views on how future pharmacy services may be developed. It's one of the ways patients are kept central to achieving the PCT's aim of ensuring the health needs of local people within Wakefield District are met.