St Helens Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2022-2025 Consultation Questions

Residents are being asked for their views on the draft St Helens Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) for 2022-2025.

The PNA presents a local picture of community pharmacies and pharmaceutical services in St Helens, how these services are currently delivered and what the current and potential need is for pharmacy services in St Helens.

The PNA is a statutory document and is used by NHS England when they are reviewing any applications for new pharmacy provision or approving any changes to existing pharmacies e.g. if they want to move premises or provide more pharmacy services.

As part of the process of producing a PNA, we need to undertake a 60 day consultation and ask the views of people in St Helens to help shape the final PNA document which will be published later in the year.

The following questions will ask you about the draft St Helens PNA document, which is available on the following webpage: www.sthelens.gov.uk/pna

If you require a paper copy of the draft PNA or consultation questionnaire, please contact the St Helens Borough Council Contact Centre on 01744 676789

We appreciate you taking the time to complete the consultation questionnaire.

1. Has the purpose of a pharmaceutical needs assessment been adequately explained in the draft St Helens PNA document? (The purpose can be found in Section 3)

Yes
No
Not sure

If you have answered 'No' please explain in the box below

2. Does the draft St Helens Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment reflect the current provision of pharmacy services within your area?

Yes
No
Not sure

If you have answered 'No' please explain why in the box below:

3. Are there any gaps in service provision i.e. when, where and which services are available, that have not been identified in the draft St Helens Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment?

Yes
No
Not sure

If you have answered 'Yes' please explain in the box below

4. Does the draft St Helens Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment reflect the needs of your area’s population?

Yes
No
Not sure

If you have answered 'No' please explain why in the box below

5. Has the draft St Helens Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment provided information to inform how pharmaceutical services may be commissioned in the future?

Yes
No
Not sure

If you have answered 'No' please explain why in the box below

6. Are there any pharmaceutical services that could be provided in the community pharmacy setting in the future that have not been highlighted in the draft St Helens Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment?

Yes
No
Not sure

If you have answered 'Yes' please explain what these are in the box below

7. Do you agree with the conclusions of the draft St Helens Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment? (The conclusions can be found in the Executive Summary (Section 2) in the document)

Yes
No
Not sure

If you have answered 'No' please explain why in the box below

8. This question relates to pharmacy contractors only, if you are not a pharmacy contractor please go to question 9. Please can you review the information in Appendix 3 of the document in relation to your pharmacy details and opening hours and confirm if it is correct. Please state any amendments in the box below.

	Yes	No
Are your pharmacy details correct?	Are your pharmacy details correct? Yes	Are your pharmacy details correct? No
Is the information on your opening hours correct?	Is the information on your opening hours correct? Yes	Is the information on your opening hours correct? No

Please provide any amendments in the box below

9. If you have any further comments, please provide these in the box below

10. If you’re happy to, please provide the first part of your postcode in the box below

Many thanks for completing the survey. Your views will help shape the final St Helens Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2022-2025 which will be published later in the year.