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Pharmacy provision in Cheshire West and Chester
There were 68 community pharmacies in CW&C at January 2025 plus one distance selling ‘internet’ pharmacy. This is a rate of 18.9 pharmacies per 100,000 residents, or one pharmacy for every 5,290 people. This number of pharmacies is sufficient, with CW&C having a larger number of community pharmacies in relation to the size of its population when compared to the England average (18.4 pharmacies per 100,000 residents). This is based on total pharmacies (69), both ‘high street’ and distance-selling as it was not possible to separate the distance-selling pharmacies from the national list.
Provision of community pharmacy ranges across the borough when analysed in terms of pharmacies per 100,000 population at community partnership level, with the highest rate in Helsby and Frodsham (25.2 per 100,000) and the lowest in Chester East (15.1 per 100,000). There are five community partnerships with a lower provision of pharmacy per 100,000 population than the England average – Chester East, Winsford, Rural, Chester Central, and Ellesmere Port.
Community Partnership
Community pharmacies
Resident population
Population served per pharmacy
Pharmacies per 100,000 population
Chester Central
6
33,740
5,623
17.8
Chester East
5
33,167
6,633
15.1
Chester South
7
35,147
5,021
19.9
8 with dsp
4,393
22.7
Ellesmere Port
12
65,497
5,458
18.3
Helsby and Frodsham
5
19,821
3,964
25.2
Neston and Willaston
4
20,646
5,162
19.3
Northwich
16
79,095
4,943
20.2
Rural
7
39,053
5,579
17.9
Winsford
6
35,528
5,921
16.9
CW&C
68
365,061
5,369
18.6
69 with dsp)
365,061
5,290
18.9
England
10,611
57,690,300
5,437
18.4
Note: DSP is distance-selling pharmacy. CW&C has one located in Chester South community partnership. England figures include DSPs.
Map 1: Location of community pharmacies in CW&C
Map showing the spread of community pharmacies in Cheshire West and Chester.
Pharmacy provision in Cheshire West and Chester
There were 68 community pharmacies in CW&C at January 2025 plus one distance selling ‘internet’ pharmacy. This is a rate of 18.9 pharmacies per 100,000 residents, or one pharmacy for every 5,290 people. This number of pharmacies is sufficient, with CW&C having a larger number of community pharmacies in relation to the size of its population when compared to the England average (18.4 pharmacies per 100,000 residents). This is based on total pharmacies (69), both ‘high street’ and distance-selling as it was not possible to separate the distance-selling pharmacies from the national list.
Provision of community pharmacy ranges across the borough when analysed in terms of pharmacies per 100,000 population at community partnership level, with the highest rate in Helsby and Frodsham (25.2 per 100,000) and the lowest in Chester East (15.1 per 100,000). There are five community partnerships with a lower provision of pharmacy per 100,000 population than the England average – Chester East, Winsford, Rural, Chester Central, and Ellesmere Port.
Community Partnership
Community pharmacies
Resident population
Population served per pharmacy
Pharmacies per 100,000 population
Chester Central
6
33,740
5,623
17.8
Chester East
5
33,167
6,633
15.1
Chester South
7
35,147
5,021
19.9
8 with dsp
4,393
22.7
Ellesmere Port
12
65,497
5,458
18.3
Helsby and Frodsham
5
19,821
3,964
25.2
Neston and Willaston
4
20,646
5,162
19.3
Northwich
16
79,095
4,943
20.2
Rural
7
39,053
5,579
17.9
Winsford
6
35,528
5,921
16.9
CW&C
68
365,061
5,369
18.6
69 with dsp)
365,061
5,290
18.9
England
10,611
57,690,300
5,437
18.4
Note: DSP is distance-selling pharmacy. CW&C has one located in Chester South community partnership. England figures include DSPs.
Map 1: Location of community pharmacies in CW&C
Map showing the spread of community pharmacies in Cheshire West and Chester.
