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Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA)


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Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) 2025-28

Providers of local community pharmaceutical services have a crucial role to play in improving the health of local people. They are often the first point of contact, especially for those who might otherwise struggle to access health services. Improved use of the skills and abilities of community pharmacists, in particular, working in partnership with other service providers, will play an important part in achieving the strategic goals of the NHS. 

Every three years, the Committee in Common (CiC) for Cornwall Health and Wellbeing Board and Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Partnership and the Isles of Scilly Health and Wellbeing Board have to publish a statement of the needs for community pharmaceutical services across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. This is referred to as a pharmaceutical needs assessment (PNA). Community pharmaceutical services include local chemists, dispensing doctors (doctors that can dispense medication to patients in rural areas) and dispensing appliance contractors (businesses which dispense medical appliances such as catheters).

The PNA helps identify whether there are any gaps in the provision of pharmaceutical services across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly which means identifying if any new services, improvements or better access to existing services, are needed. The PNA considers the demographics of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly population, its health priorities, as well as how pharmaceutical services can contribute to improving the health of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly residents now and in the future.

The final Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025-28 concludes:

  • A current gap for a new pharmacy exists in Bodmin. 
  • Improvements and Better Access can be secured through additional opening hours and services at existing pharmacies in North Kerrier East and West, Penwith and Arbennek Health PCNs. 
  • Future gaps due to development over the lifespan of the PNA requiring new pharmacies are identified in Nansledan and Redruth. 

[Please note: Pharmacy profiles listed below should be read alongside the report linked above]

If you any queries regarding the PNA please contact the Public Health Analysts team via email PHAnalysts@cornwall.gov.uk

Profiles

The Pharmacy Primary Care Network (PCN) Profiles provide summary information on demographics, health needs, planned development, pharmacy access maps and pharmacy opening times and services. There are 15 Primary Care Network areas and one area for practices not yet in a PCN:

Further socio-demographic information can be found through Local Insights.

Note: We ensure that all references are up to date at the time of publication. However, some of the reference web links contained in the documents on this page may have since expired/broken. These are still included for complete referencing. Please note the data cut off for the PNA was 30th June 2025.

Previous versions of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PNAs are available for request. Please email PHAnalysts@cornwall.gov.uk to make a request.

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Updates

Any updates to the PNA will appear here:

 

Last Updated:

05/12/2025

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