THE KEY ROLE OF COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS IN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; AN OVERVIEW

Community pharmacists are the health professionals most accessible to the public. They supply medicines in accordance with a prescription or, when legally permitted, dispense them without a prescription. Community pharmacists are in a distinctive position to identify, prevent, and resolve drug&related problems in ambulatory patients, and data suggests that community&based pharmacy services can improve health outcomes. India is a global face of rapidly changing developing nations, which requires strengthening its professional aspects of community pharmacy. With changing demands from educated and urbanized mass, there needs a reform in the policies and structure of the present community pharmacy setup. Community Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice are yet to be established strongly and pharmacists working in community pharmacies do not provide patient counseling in the usual situation. We need to work closely with the pharmacist associations and share our common experiences and frame appropriate guidelines, so that community pharmacist who plays a major role in providing better health care’s.