To receive Report No. 47/2018 from Mike Sandys, Director of Public Health

Mr Sandys introduced the report, the purpose of which was to inform on the findings of the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) and to submit the report to be published for approval.

During discussion the following points were noted:

      i.        Dr Fox enquired about the role of Dispensing Doctors. While it was included in some aspects of the report, the Doctors would also be doing reviews. Dr Fox also suggested there be detail regarding who had access to the Dispensing Doctors. Mr Sandys would check to see if there was a comprehensive picture of dispensing surgeries.

    ii.        Mr Williamson-Noble noted that a number of residents in Rutland would get their prescriptions outside of Rutland and whether this was included in the statistics. Mr Sandys confirmed that the software used for collecting data could not record those going outside of the border.

AGREED

That the Board NOTED the report.

That the Board APPROVED the publication of the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2018 subject to changes asked by the Board.