Blackpool Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2014
Liz Petch – Public Health Specialist
Stephen Boydell – Senior Public Health Analyst
Background
• From 1st April 2013 HWB have a legal responsibility to
produce a Pharmacy Needs Assessment (PNA)
• A full pharmacy needs assessment has to be completed by
1st April 2015
• The PNA will help in commissioning of pharmaceutical
services and will be used by NHS England when making
decisions on applications to open new pharmacies
• Supplementary statements need to be produced every 6
months if necessary
• A PNA has to be produced every 3 years
Process
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Health & Well Being Board were in receipt of a draft
document for review and comments by 30th September
2014
Formal 60 day consultation period will run from 20th
October to 19th December 2014
Stakeholder evening held on 23rd October 2014 to promote
the public consultation
Process
• Structured questionnaire for responses – although other
formats for receipt of comments will be accepted
• Amendments will be made after the consultation period
• Final version of the PNA - Health & Well Being Board for sign
off - February 2015
• Publish 1st April 2015
Sections within the PNA
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Introduction
Process
Context for the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment
Current Provision of NHS Pharmaceutical Services
Health Needs and Locally Commissioned Services
Future Population Changes and Housing Growth
2. Process
• How we worked with Lancashire County Council and
Blackburn with Darwen Council
• The stakeholders that we involved in the process and how
they were engaged
• A consideration of whether to use localities within the PNA
• How we identified pharmaceutical providers
• The factors considered within the PNA to assess need
• How the PNA will be maintained and updated
3. Context for the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment
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Joint Strategic Needs Assessments
Blackpool Health and Wellbeing Board
Blackpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
General health of the population of Blackpool
Demographics, deprivation, ethnicity
4. Current Provision of NHS Pharmaceutical Services
Section broadly completed by NHS England local area
team as NHS England commission pharmaceutical
services. In this section we:
• Map the location and provision of current
pharmaceutical services
• Assess whether this provision is adequate by:
– Comparison with provision elsewhere
– Considering opening hours
– Considering travel times
 Community pharmacies
within Blackpool and within
2 miles of the local
authority boundary
 Blackpool CCG GP practices
and branch practices
 Considers travel times to
pharmacies for Blackpool
residents
 Includes pharmacies in
Lancashire
 Other areas consider 20
minute drive time to be
sufficient
 Due to the compact nature
of the town 15 minute walk
time has been considered
 Virtually the whole town
has good access to a
pharmacy
 Good coverage of
pharmacies opening on
Saturdays
 Number of pharmacies
open on a Sunday, however
limited coverage in certain
areas of the town
4. Current Provision of NHS Pharmaceutical Services…
continued
• Essential Services – services all pharmacies are required to provide, such as:
• Dispensing appliances, repeat dispensing, clinical governance, public
health (promotion of healthy lifestyles), disposal of unwanted medicines,
signposting and support for self-care.
• Advanced Services – services to support patients with safe use of medicines, such
as:
• Medicines Use Reviews (MUR), Appliance Use Reviews (AUR), New
Medicines Service (NMS) and the Stoma Customisation Service (SCS)
• Enhanced Services – services that can be commissioned locally by NHS England
• At present only seasonal flu vaccination
• Local Improvement Services – services commissioned by Public Health or CCG
• Needle exchange, Supervised consumption, Nicotine replacement
voucher scheme, Emergency hormonal contraception, alcohol brief
intervention – Public Health
• Minor Ailments Services, just in case palliative care service - CCG
5. Health Needs and Locally Commissioned Services
Split into topic based chapters where the local health need is considered against
current local services:
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Smoking
Healthy weight
NHS Health Checks
Sexual Health
Emergency hormonal contraception
Alcohol use
Drug misuse related harm
Long term conditions
Mental health
Healthcare associated infections
Medication related harm
Community Pharmacy Minor Ailments Service
Community Pharmacy Just in Case Service
Healthy Living Pharmacy
 Shows smoking prevalence
by neighbourhood in
Blackpool
 Overlays location of Stop
Smoking Clinics and
Pharmacies that accept
stop smoking vouchers
6. Future Population Changes and Housing Growth
• Population changes in Blackpool
Mid-2012 Based Population Projections - Blackpool
50
45
Population (thousands)
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35
30
25
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15
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5
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0-19
• New housing developments
Year
20-44
45-64
65+
Recommendations/Considerations
1. There is adequate service provision of pharmacies
2. Pharmacies provide a wide range of commissioned
services
3. The PNA does not identify the need for any
additional pharmacies
KEY CONTACTS:
stephen.boydell@blackpool.gov.uk
Tel: 07990 084570
liz.petch@blackpool.gov.uk
Tel: 01253 476369
The consultation questionnaire can also be found
here:http://blackpooljsna.org.uk/pharmaceutical-needsassessment/
Completed questionnaires can be returned to:PublicHealth@blackpool.gov.uk
or
PNA Questionnaire, Public Health, Blackpool Council,
PO Box 4, Blackpool, FY1 1NA