Under the Health and Social Care Act 2012, every Health and Wellbeing Board is mandated to publish a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) every three years or sooner if significant changes in service provision arise. 

PNAs assess the availability and accessibility of pharmaceutical services, taking into account the health needs of the local population, identifying where there may be a lack of pharmaceutical services or unmet needs.

Barking and Dagenham Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) 2025 (PDF, 5.29 MB)