Calling all Northamptonshire pharmacies - we need your views

Closed 3 Nov 2024

Opened 7 Oct 2024

Contact

ph.healthprotection@westnorthants.gov.uk

Overview

North Northamptonshire Council and West Northamptonshire Council Public Health teams are completing some important research and gathering information to support the development of Pharmaceutical Needs Assessments (PNAs). This will help to identify unmet needs, improvements or better access to pharmacies. Your feedback will tell us where contractors are already contributing to meeting people’s needs and can help us and other commissioners meet the needs of the population in the future.

We would like to hear from all Dispensing Pharmacies in Northamptonshire. 

You can read more about PNA’s here

The PNAs will:

  • Be the basis for market entry applications to open new premises,
  • Inform relocations of existing premises,
  • Inform applications to change core opening hours or to provide additional pharmaceutical services and
  • Be used by NHS England and NHS Improvement – Midlands to make decisions regarding these matters.

You can visit the Community Pharmacy England website for further information about PNAs.

This questionnaire is produced with support from the PNA project group where the Community Pharmacy BLMK, Northamptonshire and the Integrated Care Board (ICB) Chief Medical Officer are members.  

This short questionnaire consists of just 8 questions. 

This survey closes midnight on Sunday 3 November 2024, but we would urge you to complete it as soon as possible.

If you have any queries or require the survey in another format please email: ph.healthprotection@westnorthants.gov.uk

For information about how your responses are managed please see the appropriate privacy notice for your local area:

What happens next?

The feedback will be used for a report and only for the purpose of this survey and developing the PNA. Any data will be held in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the NHS Confidentiality Code of Practice. The final report will be published in Spring 2025 and will be available on the appropriate website:

What happens next

We will consider all feedback which will then be places into a final report. The final report will be published in Spring 2025 and will be available on the appropriate website:

 

Interests

  • Engagement activities
  • Public Health