THE Pharmacy Board of Australia has made a formal statement of recognition of the varied contributions of pharmacists, from research to providing direct patient healthcare, as part of World Pharmacists' Day.
Marked worldwide today, this year's theme is 'From research to healthcare: Your pharmacist is at your service'.
Pharmacy Board chair William Kelly said, "Community access to a pharmacist at a local or hospital pharmacy is commonplace today, but not many people are aware of the other important roles that pharmacists perform".
The pharmacy profession's provision of accessible, high quality healthcare services and advice is supported by other less visible pharmacy roles such as the education of future pharmacists, clinical studies of new medicines and advice to government regulatory authorities, he added.
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