Having received and discussed the report and PNA, the Board:
(i) Noted the consultation results and findings:
a) Barking and Dagenham HWB had 38 community pharmacies;
b) This equated to about 19.6 community pharmacies per 100,000 population - which was lower than the average for London (22.3/100,000) and England (21.7/100,000);
c) Of these community pharmacies, 79% were open weekday evenings, 97% were open on Saturdays, and 18% were open on Sundays;
d) Half of the pharmacies in Barking and Dagenham were owned by independents, compared to 39% nationally;
e) From a pharmacy user survey taken in the autumn last year (480 responses) 91% rated the service received from pharmacies in Barking and Dagenham as good or excellent; 82% indicated that they did not have a preferred pharmacy they used; 85% said the ease of obtaining medicines was good or excellent; 71% said their journey time to a pharmacy was no more than 10 minutes;
f) Pharmacies in Barking and Dagenham are commissioned to provide services on behalf of NHS England, Barking and Dagenham CCG, and Barking and Dagenham Council;
g) The Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment did not find any gap in provision or access to services provided from community pharmacies in Barking and Dagenham, either now or in the next 3 years;
h) The work that was being undertaken to enable finalisation by 1 April 2015; and,
(ii) Agreed the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA), as set out in the Appendix 3 of the report.