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Have your say: Barnet Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment Public Questionnaire

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This consultation has now closed.

We want to hear what you think of pharmacy services in Barnet, to help us develop services in the future. Your views will help inform our Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) which will look at health needs in Barnet, the level and accessibility of pharmacy services and how these will be maintained and developed in the future.

We would be grateful if you could answer some questions about your own experience and views. The questionnaire should take no longer than five minutes to complete. The information in the questionnaire you provide is confidential. Please be honest with your answers so we

We want to hear what you think of pharmacy services in Barnet, to help us develop services in the future. Your views will help inform our Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) which will look at health needs in Barnet, the level and accessibility of pharmacy services and how these will be maintained and developed in the future.

We would be grateful if you could answer some questions about your own experience and views. The questionnaire should take no longer than five minutes to complete. The information in the questionnaire you provide is confidential. Please be honest with your answers so we can accurately assess areas where pharmacies are already performing well and areas that need improvement.

Barnet Council has been delegated responsibility from the Barnet Health and Wellbeing Board to undertake a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment. The Council have asked Soar Beyond Ltd to facilitate the process and provide expertise on undertaking the assessment.


Tell us what you think by completing our online questionnaire.

Paper copies of the questionnaires are also available at GP surgeries, pharmacies, and libraries across Barnet. Alternatively, you can request a paper copy from the Barnet Public Health team by:

  • emailing: info@soarbeyond.co.uk
  • telephoning 0208 359 3497 or 01442 927 972
  • writing to: Barnet Public Health, 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, London, NW9 4EW

The deadline for completion is midnight on 25 February 2022. We will use your feedback to help develop our draft of the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment which will then be available for public consultation in 2022.

This consultation has now closed.

  • We asked, you said, we did

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    We asked

    We asked for your views on pharmaceutical services in Barnet. Pharmaceutical services include services provided from local pharmacies, dispensaries at doctors' surgeries, or specialist appliance contractors. Local pharmacies also provide healthcare help and advice and are often the first point of contact when people are concerned about their health.

    You said

    We received 482 responses to the public questionnaire. The analysis of the questionnaires shows:

    • 90% of respondents have a preferred local pharmacy
    • 67% of respondents have visited a community pharmacy at least once a month in the past six-month period
    • 56% of respondents the main method of transport was walking
    • 89% of respondents were able to reach the pharmacy within 15 minutes (100% within 30 minutes)
    • 29% of respondents identified a difficulty in getting to a pharmacy, 23% of whom identified parking as the main issue.
    • from the public questionnaire, accessing a community pharmacy in Barnet was not seen to be an issue by the vast majority.

    We did

    In response to the comments made, the Barnet draft PNA 2022 was compiled and available for consultation from 13 June to 12 August 2022. Anyone who uses local pharmaceutical services is invited to comment during the consultation process. We want to make sure that you can access pharmaceutical services easily and that you are happy with the service you receive.