People living in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are being asked to share their views on whether their pharmacy needs are being met, in order to help assess and develop pharmacy services in the area.
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Health and Wellbeing Board would like to hear from pharmacy users about the services they receive in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The answers will help to define areas where communities are well served and where there may be gaps.
The consultation is running from today (Tuesday, 22 July) to Saturday, 20 September for people to have their say on the quality and accessibility of pharmacies in the local area.
Every Health and Wellbeing Board in England has a statutory duty to publish an up-to-date statement that assesses the need for services in its area, otherwise referred to as a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA).
Visit https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/pna to read the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) and give your feedback - it should only take 10-15 minutes to complete and is fully confidential.
Cllr Luis Navarro, Chair of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Health and Wellbeing Board, said “We want to hear from as many people as possible about issues such as how easy it is to get medicines or medical equipment, and how easy it is to access pharmacy services.
“The feedback we receive will help us to understand whether we have an adequate number of providers of pharmaceutical services to, for example, fill prescriptions, sell non-prescription medicines, give advice, support people to give up smoking, and supply emergency hormonal contraception.
“Your responses are very important, as they will help to shape the future of pharmacies in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.”
Following feedback from the public, we will revise the PNA, and it will be presented to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Health and Wellbeing Board in September.
If you are unable to complete the questionnaire online, please call 01733 747474 or email pna@cambridgeshire.gov.uk to request a paper survey, translated copy or Easy Read version.
