Draft Wokingham Borough Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025-2028
We are working on a new Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) for the borough.
Wokingham Borough Health and Wellbeing Board, which we host, is required to produce a new PNA every three years.
The PNA is a detailed report on pharmaceutical services in the borough and the needs of our residents. It looks at areas where there is a lack of pharmacy services now and over the next three years.
The PNA is used by the NHS to help decide on applications for new pharmacies. It is also a key resource that helps determine other services that could be delivered in existing pharmacies.
The draft PNA is for 2025 to 2028, and will be published by 1 October 2025.
Feedback from a public questionnaire earlier this year has helped to shape the draft PNA, and we are now consulting on a final draft.
We have asked Soar Beyond Limited to help us with this process and provide expertise on the assessment.
Phases
Draft PNA consulation
Following the public questionnaire on the experiences of pharmacy users, we have now drafted the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment and are seeking views for consultation.
We are consulting with any patient, consumer or community group in the borough who has an interest in pharmaceutical services. Your comments will inform the final PNA.
Please read the draft PNA, and then answer the survey questions.
The consultation begins on Tuesday, 27 May 2025 and closes on Sunday, 27 July 2025.
An EasyRead version of the draft PNA and the survey are also available.
To receive the survey in an alternative format, email pna@soarbeyond.co.uk or call 01442 927972.
For support completing the online survey, call us on 0118 974 6000 or drop into any of our borough libraries.