Pharmacy Needs Assessment (PNA)

Brief description of the project

Health and Wellbeing boards within Local Authorities have a statutory duty to carry out a statement of needs for the pharmaceutical services for the population it serves. This is known as a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA). PNA is used to ensure that services meet the needs of the current and future population of your area. This includes where services are placed geographically and what services are provided by the pharmacy.

To help produce the PNA, we would like to hear your views and experiences about the pharmacy services in your area. Your views are very important to us as they will enable us to understand the needs of the population.

We would really appreciate you taking the time to complete the questionnaire, which should only take a few minutes.

Who will we speak to?

We would like to hear from patients and the public who use pharmacies in Leeds. There is a separate survey specifically for pharmaceutical contractors.

What and how will we ask?

We are asking people to share their experiences of using pharmacies in Leeds. This includes questions about the services provided by pharmacies, as well as their location and opening times.

The survey includes equality monitoring questions so we can make sure our services are provided fairly and to those who need them.

You can share your views by filling out our online survey (link below).

What will we do?

At the end of the engagement period we will summarise the findings in a chapter of the PNA. This will allow the health and wellbeing board to test some of its assumptions around how people may access services, for example, and provide useful information for the document.

How can you help?

You can complete our survey online by clicking the button below. We’d appreciate any help you can give in sharing this piece of work with any people you feel would be interested.

Link to survey: https://online1.snapsurveys.com/h80g44

If you are involved with  a Patient Participation Group (PPG) in your GP practice, you might want to support the sharing of this survey with your patients, your group and with your local area.

Get in touch

If you have any questions about this project, or if you need an alternative format, you can email Adam at [email protected]

Privacy notice

All responses to these questions are anonymous; responses are added together and no individuals are identified. Any information provided will be treated as strictly confidential and in line with GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). The information will be held securely and used for the purpose of planning appropriate services for all communities. It will not be passed on to any third party. This survey is being hosted and collated by Bradford District Council on behalf of all West Yorkshire Local Authorities.

Responses from Leeds residents will be combined and shared with Leeds City Council solely to inform the Leeds Pharmacy Needs Assessment.

For more detail on the Public Health privacy notice for Bradford please visit: https://www.bradford.gov.uk/open-data/data-protection/public-health-privacy-notice/

For more detail on the Public Health privacy notice for Leeds please visit: https://www.leeds.gov.uk/privacy-and-data/service-privacy-notices/public-health-privacy/public-health-notice.