Pharmaceutical needs assessment
Lancashire Health and Wellbeing Board has a statutory duty to complete a pharmaceutical needs assessment (PNA). The PNA seeks to identify those local health needs which could be met by the provision of pharmaceutical services. Partner organisations across the pan-Lancashire region, made up of Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool Health and Wellbeing Boards, came together to work on an updated PNA. This assessment was published in September 2025.
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) took on delegated responsibility for the commissioning of NHS pharmaceutical and local pharmaceutical services from NHS England on the 1 July 2022. The ICB will therefore be using the PNA to determine routine applications under the NHS Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Regulations 2013, as amended.
The NHS website can be used to easily find a pharmacy near you.
Pan-Lancashire Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025
The executive summary and full PNA are available from the key documents panel on the right of this page. Please note, as the PNA is a large document it has been split into separate chapters.
The PNA includes information on:
- pharmacies in Lancashire and the services they currently provide;
- relevant maps relating to Lancashire and providers of pharmaceutical services in the area;
- pharmacies in neighbouring HWB areas that might affect the need for services in Lancashire; and
- potential gaps in provision and likely future needs for the population of Lancashire.
Any changes to the pharmacies listed in the pan-Lancashire PNA 2025, since its publication in September 2025, and key PNA 2022 documents can be viewed here.
The PNA 2025 terms of reference can be found here and the PNA 2025 communications plan can be found here.
Page updated September 2025