Issue - meetings

This report will be presented by Claire Currie Claire, PCC Consultant in Public Health.

The Health and Wellbeing Board has a statutory responsibility to publish a statement of the needs for pharmaceutical services of the population in its area, referred to as a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA). A paper was brought to the Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) on 21st June 2017 where the plan for refreshing the Portsmouth PNA was approved.

The regulations state that the HWB must undertake a consultation on the content of the PNA and it must run for minimum of 60 days. This paper presents the draft Portsmouth PNA (appendix 1) and seeks approval of the report for consultation from 23rd October to 22nd December 2017. It also seeks approval for the steering group to respond to consultations of PNA's from neighbouring areas on behalf of the HWB where the Portsmouth HWB is a statutory consultee and to ask the HWB to note the response

RECOMMENATIONS - The Health and Wellbeing Board is asked to:

(1) Approve the Draft Portsmouth Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) report for consultation from 23rd October to 22nd December 2017.

(2) Approve that the steering group respond to consultations of PNA's from neighbouring areas on behalf of the HWB where the Portsmouth HWB is a statutory consultee and ask the HWB to note the response.