Pharmacists must learn to play their part in multidisciplinary health teams

摘要

The potential for pharmacy teams to improve the efficiency,effectiveness and quality of care delivered to patients applies in both secondary and primary care.Our focus is both on teams within pharmacy and also wider teams to which pharmacy should be contributing.We provide examples of different sorts of pharmacy teams largely drawn from primary care,explore why they are particularly relevant in today's environment,and consider some generic principles of good team working.We conclude that pharmacy teams have never been more important and that the future will require more,not less,teamwork.