Each Health and Wellbeing Board must in accordance with regulations—
assess needs for pharmaceutical services in its area, and
publish a statement of its first assessment and of any revised assessment.
The regulations must make provision—
as to information which must be contained in a statement;
as to the extent to which an assessment must take account of likely future needs;
specifying the date by which a Health and Wellbeing Board must publish the statement of its first assessment;
as to the circumstances in which a Health and Wellbeing Board must make a new assessment.
The regulations may in particular make provision—
as to the pharmaceutical services to which an assessment must relate;
requiring a Health and Wellbeing Board to consult specified persons about specified matters when making an assessment;
as to the manner in which an assessment is to be made;
as to matters to which a Health and Wellbeing Board must have regard when making an assessment.