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Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment for Bristol 2025 to 2028 consultation

Bristol City Council, in partnership with North Somerset Council and South Gloucestershire Council, is consulting on the draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) for 2025–2028.

The Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment is a statutory document that assesses the current and future need for community pharmacy services in the area. It is used for making decisions on new pharmacies that might want to open in the area. We are now seeking your views to help ensure the final version accurately reflects local needs and circumstances.

We have produced a draft  pdf Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025 to 2028(3.29 MB)

Tell us what you think

This consultation is not a vote or a technical review, and it is not intended for submitting complaints about individual pharmacies. If you have concerns about a specific pharmacy, we encourage you to raise these directly with the service provider.

The consultation provides a chance to:

  • identify any information that may be missing from the draft
  • highlight concerns about local access to pharmaceutical services
  • suggest any other issues that could strengthen the final document

This consultation is open to everyone, but may be especially relevant to:

  • pharmacy providers and pharmacists
  • other health and care organisations and professionals
  • neighbouring Health and Wellbeing Boards
  • Town and Parish Councils
  • Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations
  • patient organisations

This consultation is open from 1 July 2025 and will close at midnight on 31 August 2025.

Please take part in our survey and submit by 31 August 2025 to make sure your views are considered.

Go to the survey

This consultation is for people living in the Bristol City Council area. You can use the gov.uk site to find your local council.

North Somerset and South Gloucestershire are also consulting on their Pharmaceutical Needs Assessments.

Alternative formats

If you need this survey in a different format:

A different format could be:

  • a paper version
  • Easy Read
  • large print
  • braille
  • British Sign Language
  • a different language

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