This Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) [https://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/file/45822/coventry-and-warwickshire-pharmaceutical-needs-assessment-2025-to-2028] describes the needs for the population of Coventry and Warwickshire. It considers provision of services from local pharmacies. Since 1 April 2015, all Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWB) in England have had a legal responsibility to keep an up-to-date statement around the needs for services for their population from community pharmacies. PNAs are updated at least every 3 years. PNAs do not consider pharmacy provision from prisons or provision from secondary care settings such as hospital trusts.
The Coventry Health and Wellbeing Board and Warwickshire Health and Wellbeing Board have approached the development of the 2025 PNA as a collaborative project, with one report being produced for both areas. This decision was taken due to the interconnectivity of health and care systems across Coventry and Warwickshire, the joint recommissioning of several services which community pharmacies are involved in and creating a consistency for a population who access services across both areas.
The 2025 PNA replaces the 2022 Coventry and Warwickshire Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment, which was also done as a joint report.
Members of the public were surveyed to explore how people used pharmacies and what they valued about them. Views from this survey and other partner surveys informed the development of this pharmaceutical needs assessment document.
A PNA examines the needs of the local population in line with key local intelligence and strategies. This PNA identifies how any needs and service gaps can be met by developing services from existing pharmacy providers. The PNA can inform commissioning of future services including whether or not new pharmacies should be allowed to open.
A formal consultation took place between May 2025 and July 2025. Responses from this consultation have helped inform the conclusions and recommendations of this final PNA document. This PNA replaces the 2022 to 2025 PNA for Coventry and Warwickshire.
This PNA concludes that there is adequate provision of pharmacies and pharmaceutical services in Coventry to serve the needs of the local population and highlights a number of recommendations to be considered.