Issue - meetings

Tony Baxter/Sally Jenks, Public Health, to report

Dr. Tony Baxter, Interim Director of Public Health, presented the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) which had been subject to a 60 days public consultation and was submitted for ratification by the Board.

The Board was legally bound to publish its PNA BY 1^st April, 2015.

Rotherham was a relatively deprived population which was well provided with community pharmacies.  The overall coverage for access to medicines in and out of hours had increased since 2010 with the number of pharmacies per 100,000 population greater than the national average.  Access to community pharmacies across Rotherham was well provided for during core and supplementary opening hours with access to 8 100 hour pharmacies 1 of which was open 365 days a year.

The document would be reviewed in a year or sooner if necessary to ensure progress was being taken or should there be any significant changes in Legislation or commissioning intentions.

Resolved:-  (1)  That the Pharmaceutical needs Assessment be approved.

(2)  That an annual review of pharmaceutical developments against the current Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment recommendations be undertaken and where there were any changes to current Services, notifications (supplementary statements) should be made available on the Council’s Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment website page.

(3)  That where any changes were considered significant, a full review and rewrite of the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment would be required following the Regulatory Framework.

(4)  That the Director of Public Health be delegated the responsibility for the ongoing management of the document who would submit the necessary updates to the Board.