The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 269 No 7217 p427
28 September 2002

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Welsh pharmacy strategy released

The draft Welsh pharmacy strategy was published on 24 September.

The foreword to the strategy, which is open for consultation until 31 December, says that it aims to ensure that Wales offers an attractive environment in which pharmacists can fulfil their potential and deliver high quality pharmaceutical services.

The document sets out 50 "action points", most of which set targets for finding out what needs to be done, rather than state changes and improvements that are to be made. For example, the first action point is a recommendation to the Welsh Assembly Government to review the future role, organisation and nature of community pharmacy in Wales.

Nevertheless, the report has been welcomed by the chairman of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Welsh Executive, Andrea Robinson, as an integrated strategy that will strengthen the standing of the pharmacy profession in Wales.

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