Darlington Health and Wellbeing Board Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment

Darlington Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) has a statutory duty to review the existing PNA and publish a new PNA document by April 2021.

The current 2018-2021 PNA is available to view here:

Darlington PNA 2018-21 (Updated 2020) [pdf document]

The previous 2015-2018 PNA is available to view here:

Darlington PNA 2015-18 [pdf document 5.6MB]

What is a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA)?

• A statement of the needs for pharmaceutical services in the Health and Wellbeing Board area.
• A PNA should identify what is needed at a local level to guide current and future commissioning of pharmaceutical services.
• It should also provide a picture of what pharmaceutical services an area already has.

Why do we need a PNA?

• It is a statutory document.
• In accordance with regulations, the document must be fully revised every three years, and updated with supplementary documents as circumstances change.

How should it be used?

• The PNA should be used as a framework for commissioners when considering what pharmaceutical services Darlington may need.
• The PNA links with the JSNA (Joint Strategic Needs Assessment) and should be used alongside each other to support the delivery of local Health and Wellbeing strategies.