A Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) is a comprehensive assessment of the current and future pharmaceutical needs of the local population. Health and Wellbeing Boards have a legal duty to produce, consult and publish a PNA for their area.

This set of documents sets out the current Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment for Essex covering the period of 2018 to 2021 (Extended to 30th September 2022).

 The new PNA for 2022-25 can be found here: Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) 2022-2025 – Essex Open Data