Vision is not enough-culture change needs strategy,actionand investment

摘要

Speaking at the inaugural conference of the Independent Pharmacy Federation two months ago,Keith Ridge,Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England,called for culture change in pharmacy(PJ,18 October 2008,p433).We agree.The Pharmacy in England White Paper(and equivalent strategies in Scotland and Wales)hold out the prospect that pharmacists could finally achieve their ambitions to do much more for patients and the public and,in the process,be recognised as patient-centred,medicines-focused healthcare professionals.We applaud Dr Ridge's achievements in creating these opportunities for the profession;driving forward the White Paper's vision and tacking the radical and necessary(if sometimes controversial)reform of pharmacy's professional support(the splitting of the regulatory and leadership roles of the current Royal Pharmaceutical Society).