Pharmacists, also known as chemists or druggists, are healthcare professionals who practice in pharmacy, the field of health sciences focusing on safe and effective medication use.
Pharmacists are responsible for:
The quality of medicines supplied to patients,ensuring that the supply of medicines is within the law, ensuring that the medicines prescribed to patients are suitableadvising patients about medicines, including how to take them, what reactions may occur and answering patients' questions.
They also supervise the medicines supply chain and ensure pharmacy premises and systems are fit for purpose, advise other healthcare professionals about safe and effective medicines use, and safe and secure supply of medicines, respond to patients' symptoms and advise on medicines for sale in pharmacies, provide services to patients, such as smoking cessation, blood pressure measurement and cholesterol management, supervise the production and preparation of medicines and assessments of quality of medicines before they are supplied to patients from pharmaceutical manufacturers.
Where do pharmacists work?
Pharmacists work in many different work environments.
These include: Community pharmacies (sometimes called retail or high street pharmacy) and hospitals. Most pharmacists work in community and hospital pharmacy, Pharmaceutical production or sales in the pharmaceutical industry,Prisons, primary care organisations, universities in teaching and research, the military, veterinary pharmacy and pharmacy organisations.
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