Derby City & Derbyshire County Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment
From April 2013 every Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) has a statutory responsibility to produce and publish a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA). In accordance with the regulations, HWBs, as a minimum, must publish a statement of revised assessment every 3 years.
The 2025-2028 Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) has been produced for both Derby City Council and Derbyshire County Council Health & Wellbeing Boards. The PNA is a statement of current pharmaceutical services provided in the local area. It assesses whether provision is satisfactory to meet the health, wellbeing and care needs of the local population, informs the planning of services and is used as the basis for determining market entry to a pharmaceutical list. At time of publication the 204 community pharmacies across Derby and Derbyshire represent a rate of 19.5 per 100,000 population in Derby, 17.7 per 100,000 population in Derbyshire and are considered to provide adequate pharmaceutical services based on need.