Seeking your view on the draft Powys Teaching Health Board Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment
Powys Teaching Health Board is under a statutory obligation to draft, consult upon and publish a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment by 1 October 2026 in accordance with the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020.
What is a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment?
The Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment is designed to assess the current provision of pharmaceutical services (i.e. those services that the health board commissions from pharmacies, dispensing appliance contractors and dispensing doctors), have regard to any specified future circumstance where the current position may materially change and identify any current and future gaps in pharmaceutical services.
The Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment assists the health board in determining applications by pharmacies, dispensing appliance contractors and dispensing doctors for new, additional or relocated premises, changes to opening hours or the provision of more pharmaceutical services.
As part of this process, the health board is conducting a consultation process on a draft Powys Teaching Health Board Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment and seeks your views.
How can I get involved?
A period of consultation on the draft Powys Teaching Health Board Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment is taking place from 1 June 2026 to 30 July 2026.
You are invited to:
- Read the draft Powys Teaching Health Board Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment and the Executive Summary
- Share your feedback by 30 July 2026
The draft pharmaceutical needs assessment is available from our consultation website at www.haveyoursaypowys.wales/pna-2026:
- Draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment Executive Summary (English and Cymraeg)
- Draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (English only)
You can share your feedback using our online survey at www.haveyoursaypowys.wales/pna-2026:
Your details and responses will be held by Powys Teaching Health Board but will only be used for the purpose of this consultation and developing the pharmaceutical needs assessment. Any personal data you provide will be held in accordance with our privacy policy.
What happens next?
Your feedback will inform the final version of the Powys Teaching Health Board Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment which will be published on our website by 1 October 2026.
If you would like to be kept updated on the next steps on the Powys Teaching Health Board Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment, please sign up to our regular email bulletins:
Further information
If you would like more information about the consultation or have questions about the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment, please write to Medicines Management Team, Powys Teaching Health Board, Bronllys Hospital, Bronllys, Powys LD3 0LY
This document is available in Welsh / Mae’r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg.
Thank you for your interest in the draft Powys Teaching Health Board Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment.
Yours sincerely,
Jonathan Boyd, Chief Pharmacist, Powys Teaching Health Board