Welcome to the World Pharmacy Council, established in 2017 by community pharmacy organisations in seven countries (Pharmintercom) that have met annually since 1987 to share information and discuss the role, opportunities and issues affecting community pharmacy.  The World Pharmacy Council is an Associate Expert Group member of Business at OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development).

Community pharmacies play a great but frequently unrecognised and unquantified role in healthcare systems. They provide care and advice for a range of health issues.  From wound care and minor sprains, to pain and infections, pharmacies offer care and advice from infancy throughout life.  A core role for pharmacies is to supply prescribed medications with the right information and guidance to help ensure proper use and efficacy.   For many people with health problems, their relationship with a community pharmacy team is an important part of their support network.

These pharmacy core services are vital components of health systems, contributing to managing demand for physician or hospital resources. They are supplemented in some countries by greater use of the clinical skills of community pharmacists, who can adjust or even initiate prescribed medication therapy, sometimes as part of medicines management services.

The growth of online retailing is challenging traditional ‘bricks and mortar’ trading models including community pharmacies. In most countries fees paid for dispensing provide the funding to support provision of advice and support that is not directly remunerated.

Health costs are rising and increasingly governments focus on use of new technologies to change traditional models of care. Community pharmacy must be part of the debates, in individual countries and internationally, to develop recognition of its place in the provision of health care today, and to contribute to dialogue about the future: how pharmacies can be an integral part of innovative systems.

Promote international recognition of community pharmacy’s role and value, securing its position as a fundamental pillar of person-centred, sustainable and resilient health systems.

Community pharmacies are recognised as essential person-centred healthcare hubs where pharmacists practice their full scope of practice, and the public and policymakers consider pharmacies as vital infrastructure in their delivery of person-centred care focused on effective medication and disease management to enhance public health.

The Danish Pharmacies Association is pharmacy's employer and trade association in Denmark.

The Israel Pharmacists Association unites private pharmacy owners all over Israel and has about 500 members located all over the country.

The General Council of Spanish Pharmacists represents the pharmacy professional at the national and international level.

The National Community Pharmacists Association represents pharmacist owners, managers, and employees of more than 22,000 indepdendent community pharmacies across the United States.

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If you are an individual, please note that membership of the World Pharmacy Council is not available to individuals. The Council's full members are community pharmacy representative organisations, and application for affiliate membership is open only to companies and other organisations that have an interest in the field of community pharmacy.