Hampshire pharmaceutical needs assessment

Assessing the need for pharmaceutical services across the county of Hampshire.

Since April 2013 every Health and Wellbeing Board in England has a legal responsibility to publish and keep up to date a statement of the needs for pharmaceutical services of the population in its area, referred to as a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA). The PNA looks at the existing provision of community pharmacy services across Hampshire and whether this meets the current and future needs of the population. It can be used to make decisions in the commissioning of NHS-funded Pharmaceutical Services.

Pharmaceutical needs assessment

The statutory consultation process for the Hampshire pharmaceutical needs assessment, which took place between the 20 January and 21 March 2025, has been completed. The final report has been approved by the Health and Wellbeing Board. The lifetime of this PNA will be from 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2028.

Details of pharmacy services in Hampshire

Visit NHS Choices for details of your local pharmacy, including opening hours and the services they provide.

Pharmacy changes, closures and consolidations

Since 5 December 2016, the Health and Wellbeing Board has a statutory duty to make a representation on consolidation applications of community pharmacies in its area. For example, where pharmacy businesses on two or more sites propose to consolidate to a single existing site. The Health and Wellbeing Board must respond within 30 days. Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) then make the final decision on the consolidation application.

This briefing presents the consolidation applications Hampshire Health and Wellbeing board have responded to: