Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment
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Healthwatch Walsall were asked to feed into the consultation process for the local pharmaceutical needs assessment. They undertook a survey to which 164 people responded.
Key findings
The location, efficiency and proximity to their local GP are the driving considerations to patients when choosing a pharmacy for them
People mainly use pharmacies for getting prescribed medication and repeat prescriptions
Patients are using a range of treatments, including Pharmacy First
People would like late and weekend opening times
Almost all people said that pharmacies met or mostly met their needs.