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.