Department of Pharmacy (Morning Group-B

Assignment
PHT-301 Pharmaceutics Fundamentals of Pharmacy
Dr. S. M. Fareed Hassan

Group no# 22:

 Muhammad Hasnain Kabeer Khan
 Muhammad Arshad
 M. Maouz Bin Khursheed
 Syed Amir Kiaei Ghadimi
 Syed Ali Kiaei Ghadimi
 Community Pharmacy:
Community pharmacists were known in the past as chemists. Like GPs, community pharmacists
are part of the essential medical team.

Community pharmacies are situated in high street locations, in neighborhood centers, in

supermarkets, and the heart of the most deprived communities. Many are open long hours when
other health care professionals are unavailable. There are several different types and sizes of
community pharmacies, ranging from the large chains with shops on every High Street or in the
edge of town supermarkets to small individually owned pharmacies in small communities, in the
suburbs, and often in deprived areas or rural settings.

The traditional role of the community pharmacist as the healthcare professional who dispenses
prescriptions written by doctors has changed. In recent years community pharmacists have been
developing clinical services in addition to the traditional dispensing role to allow for the better and
more comfortable provision of services.

An Accessible healthcare service:

In Pakistan, small pharmacies owned and operated individually are some of the most accessible
healthcare services. Whereas due to one reason or another a physician or a general hospital might
not be available immediately, these small corner pharmacies provide medication and information
related to usage in remote and rural areas as well as being accessible nearly all times of the day.
Which makes them a lifeline in Rural and Urban communities alike.

Helping people get the most out of their medication:

patients can freely discuss sensitive issues, safe in the knowledge that they will not be
overheard by other members of the public. These private areas are also used to conduct a
pharmacy service called Medicines Use Reviews (MURs). An MUR is a consultation between
the pharmacist and a patient that lasts approximately 10-20 minutes. It provides an opportunity
for the patient to discuss how they use their medicines and to find out more about them, and the
service is designed to supplement (and not replace) the more in-depth clinical reviews that are
conducted at GP practices.

Between 30% and 50% of prescribed medicines are not taken as recommended. This means that
a lot of medicines are wasted or are not as effective as they could be. The service will:

 helps to find out more about the new medicine patient is taking
 help to sort out any problems patient may have with new medicine
 give the patient a chance to ask questions about their medicine and discuss any concerns
 help to improve the effectiveness of new medicine, for example, there may be an easier or better
way to take it
 help patient to make their own decisions about condition management

The daily life of a Community Pharmacist:

The daily tasks of a community pharmacist much like a GP vary from location to location, requiring a
certain degree of finesse in clinical, non-clinical, and social skills. These include but are not limited to the
following:

 clinical scrutiny of prescriptions;

 oversight of safe dispensing processes;
 providing patients with advice about medicines and treatments;
 provision of public health information to patients and customers and promotion of wellness;
 signposting people to other services, self-care organizations, or information resources;
 assessment and treatment for minor ailments;
 professional oversight of the sales of over the counter (OTC) medicines;
 liaison with other healthcare professionals;
 clinical review services for specific patient groups in GP practices, e.g. asthma, diabetes,
hypertension;
 medicines management support for GP practices, e.g. supporting practice formulary and clinical
guideline implementation, repeat prescription management; and
 providing locally commissioned services such as the supply of Prescription Only Medicines
(POMs) under Patient Group Directions (PGDs), screening services, public health interventions,
and treatments.

Future in Pakistan:
Although it has seen quite a lot of improvement in the current era, the common pharmacy in
Pakistan is still operated by individuals who are not qualified or well informed about provisional
information. As such we must strive to achieve some quality of education so the community may
better benefit from pharmaceutical services.