DEVELOPMENT goals set out by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) are set to deliver a road map for the future of pharmacy around the globe for the next decade.
Launching the new FIP Development Goals last night, FIP President, Dominique Jordan, described the document as a GPS for the pharmacy profession.
Featuring 21 goals covering areas including sustainability in pharmacy, antimicrobial stewardship, leadership development, equity and equality and people-centred care, FIP's goals aim to provide a systematic and integrated framework to guide development globally, regionally and locally across science, practice and workforce development.
"[This] GPS has to guide all of us on our journey to the future," he said.
"This GPS should also unify under the same goals all the pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, educators and regulators in what they have to do.
"They will contribute to delivering universal health coverage for the benefits of our health systems and our populations.
"It's the beginning of a journey, and I'm so happy to see so many pharmacists want to be part of this journey.
"This is exactly the role of FIP...all together we have to shape the pharmacy of tomorrow, and with these goals we have a starting point that everybody will have a role to play in delivering."
The new goals build on the FIP Pharmaceutical Workforce Development Goals, launched in Nov 2016, FIP CEO, Dr Catherine Duggan said.
"We believe it is imperative to bring science, practice, workforce and education together into one transformative framework for our members and the wider profession to clearly set out goals for the development [of pharmacy] over the next decade," she said.
"We believe we cannot have pharmaceutical care without a pharmaceutical workforce, and we can have no pharmaceutical care without a scientific foundation for the decade ahead."
Speaking at the launch of the FIP Development Goals, former Pharmacy Guild of Australia National Vice President, Paul Sinclair, said they would support national pharmacy organisations to "transform pharmacy practice and services based on their needs and priorities", over the coming years.
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