In response: ambulatory blood pressure measurement in pharmacies.

In this issue of Blood Pressure Monitoring, Valerie Santschi and her colleagues in Lausanne review the role of the pharmacist as a member of a team in improving the management of hypertension [1]. Indeed, a growing literature identifying the pharmacist as a well trained, skilled, and competent figure in the healthcare delivery system, who engages moreover with a trusting public in what may be a more meaningful way than many doctors do, makes one ask how we have ignored this valuable resource for so long [2–6].