Issue - meetings

The Board is asked to consider the report on the above.

Jane Horne, Public Health presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as 'F' to these Minutes in the Minute Book on the delivery of the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA).

The Board was reminded that it has a statutory responsibility for publication of a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) by October 2022. The report sets out plans for how this will be delivered.

Richard Jenkinson explained that there was a changing landscape with access to Pharmacists online for repeat prescribing which needed to be balanced against the need for community pharmacists.  Jane Horne referred to the increase in online pharmacies and footfall to community pharmacies eg due to administering vaccinations. She acknowledged that the role of the community pharmacy had changed but it was still necessary to have access to such services.  The Board was advised that online pharmacies would be raised at a regional level 

RESOLVED that following be approved:

• development of a single PNA that covers both the BCP and Dorset Health and Wellbeing Boards
• use of Primary Care Networks as the basic framework for the PNA
• delegation of authority to the Director of Public Health to agree final content for publication by October 2022, following statutory consultation.

Voting - Agreed