Decision details

Date of Decision:

14/07/2025

Title:

Consultation on the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Ian Spicer – Strategic Director Adult Care, Housing and Public Health

Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

Sub-scheme of Delegation – Adult Care Housing and Public Health

Section 15: Public Health

(a) Ensure the council meets its duties to improve public health

(b) Ensure the delivery of public health protections and health improvement responsibilities

(c) Ensure the council plans and responds to emergencies that present a risk to public health

(d) Ensure the council meets other local government public health responsibilities

 – page 25 refers.

Decision:

To permit the statutory 60-day consultation on the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA).

Reasons for the Decision:

The PNA is a statutory document that assesses the pharmaceutical service needs of a local population. It is a statutory responsibility of the Health and Wellbeing Board to produce a PNA every three years. 

It is required that the Health and Wellbeing Board consult a specified range of organisations on a draft of the pharmaceutical needs assessment at least once during the process of drafting the document. Consultees must be given a minimum period of 60 days to submit their response, beginning on the day by which they are ‘served with a draft’ of the document.

This decision means that the consultation will take place in July and August, to ensure that the deadline is met for the Health and Wellbeing Board in September.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

The other option was to not consult on the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment. This was rejected on the basis that this consultation is a requirement to meet the Health and Wellbeing Board’s statutory duty to produce a PNA.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

None

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

None

Conflicts of interest declared by the Decision Maker if they sit as a Cabinet appointed representative to an outside body which relates to the decision:

None

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

None

Reports or parts of reports considered

Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment