Information from our companions at Shropshire Council and Telford & Wrekin Council.
Shropshire Council and Telford & Wrekin Council are calling on residents to participate in a survey that can assist form the way forward for neighborhood pharmacy companies throughout Shropshire, Telford, and Wrekin.
The survey kinds a part of the Pharmacy Wants Evaluation (PNA) that takes place each three years. The suggestions from the survey shall be instrumental in understanding methods to enhance the pharmacy companies accessible to in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin communities.
Concerning the Pharmacy Wants Evaluation (PNA)
The PNA evaluates the provision and vary of pharmacy companies in communities and determines what is important to satisfy the well being wants of the neighborhood. The PNA considers numerous components, together with the situation of pharmacies, the vary of companies they provide, and the benefit of entry for the neighborhood. This evaluation is essential for NHS organisations and the native authorities in deciding whether or not new pharmacy companies or premises are required. The final word purpose is to make sure that everybody in the neighborhood has entry to the correct pharmacy companies, in the correct locations.
Have your say
Each native authorities are keen to listen to resident’s ideas concerning the pharmacy companies close to them. Your suggestions is invaluable and can assist us form the Pharmacy Wants Evaluation (PNA) to make sure that native pharmacies successfully meet the wants of our residents.
Survey questions embody how usually residents go to pharmacies, their mode of transport, most well-liked service occasions, and their total expertise with native pharmacy employees and amenities. Moreover, we’re eager about figuring out which companies are at the moment used and which further companies could be useful.
The purpose is to gather opinions that can assist consider and enhance the standard and accessibility of native pharmacy companies. This suggestions is significant for understanding the current state of companies and figuring out areas for enchancment to higher meet the neighborhood’s well being wants.
Councillor Cecilia Motley, Cupboard Member for Grownup Social Care and Public Well being at Shropshire Council, emphasised the significance of neighborhood enter in shaping native companies, saying: “Your suggestions is essential in serving to us perceive the present panorama of pharmacy companies and the place enhancements are wanted.
“By taking part, you might be contributing to the betterment of healthcare companies for everybody in Shropshire and serving to us enhance the standard and availability of pharmacy companies in Shropshire. Collectively, we will be sure that our neighborhood has entry to the absolute best healthcare assets.”
Councillor Paul Watling, Cupboard Member for Grownup Social Care & Well being Programs at Telford and Wrekin Council added: “We’re deeply dedicated to the well-being of our neighborhood in Telford and Wrekin and we perceive that accessible and environment friendly pharmacy companies are a cornerstone of public well being. By sharing your experiences and insights, you might be serving to us establish strengths and gaps in our present companies. Collectively, we will create a neighborhood the place everybody has entry to the correct healthcare assets, on the proper time, in the correct place.”
Councillor Kelly Middleton, Cupboard Member for Public Well being & More healthy Communities at Telford and Wrekin Council continued: “We encourage all residents to take part on this very important survey. Your voice is a strong device for change, and your suggestions will information us in enhancing the standard and accessibility of pharmacy companies. By partaking with this course of, you aren’t simply shaping the way forward for pharmacy companies; you might be actively contributing to a more healthy, extra linked neighborhood.”
Residents are invited to take part in the survey here.
Pharmaceutical contractors are also being asked to take part in separate survey.
Deadline for each surveys is Friday, 28 February 2025.
Thanks on your assist and contribution to the Pharmacy Wants Evaluation.
