Reports and Dissemination

Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment

A pharmaceutical needs assessment (PNA) is a document describing:

• where community pharmacies are located
• how services are currently delivered
• what the current and potential need for pharmacy services in Newcastle will be

The purpose of the document is two-fold, to determine:

• if there are sufficient community pharmacies to meet the needs of Newcastle’s population
• other services which could be delivered by community pharmacies to meet the identified health needs of the population

For the latest PNA see:

• Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment report for Newcastle for 2022 to 2025
• integrated impact assessment for our Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment

Supplementary statements

After a pharmaceutical needs assessment is published circumstances can change. For example, pharmacies may open or close.

When that happens we publish details in a supplementary statement. That information then becomes a part of the PNA.

The statements for the 2022 to 2025 PNA are:

• Boots Chillingham Road

• Boots Cruddas Park Shopping Centre

• Boots Halewood Avenue, Kenton

• Falcons Pharmacy

• St. Stevens Pharmacy

Newcastle Future Needs Assessment

Partners in Newcastle, led by the Wellbeing for Life Board, have committed to working together through a single policy approach, called the Newcastle Future Needs Assessment (NFNA).  The NFNA provides an integrated, coherent and evidence-based means of partners working together to determine priorities in the city.

The NFNA is the way in which we fulfil our statutory responsibilities for undertaking a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment but we are also developing it to fulfil other requirements for assessments or evidence-based planning.

The NFNA aims to be:

• Holistic
  To draw not just on statistical data, but other sources of knowledge such as the insights of practitioners and local people.
   
• Participatory
  Based on dialogue and joint thinking through which people develop shared understanding of the issues facing the city.
   
• Forward-looking
  To help us anticipate the future and take collective action to shape it.
   
• Value-informed
  Shaped by our values, particularly those of fairness and inclusion.
   
• Integrated
  To inform different levels and types of policy and strategic activity whether undertaken together or individually by partners.