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New goals to transform pharmacy services across Wales over the next three years have been launched today (September 25), setting out the next steps in Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales, the long-term 2030 vision for maximising the expertise of pharmacy teams to improve patient care.

Since the vision was first published in 2019, pharmacy teams have made “remarkable progress” despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, said Jonathan Simms, chair of the Welsh Pharmaceutical Committee. 

With investment and workforce development, patients now benefit from more clinical services closer to home, while the rollout of electronic prescribing is underway across all settings, according to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, which has led on this work.

The 2025-2028 goals build on this progress and were shaped through engagement with more than 500 pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, support staff, students, patient representatives and healthcare partners, said the RPS. They focus on spreading and scaling services to ensure equitable access to care.

Priorities include embedding prevention and well-being in pharmacy services, delivering electronic prescribing across Wales and transforming aseptic services in secondary care.

Other aims include increasing patient access to pharmacist independent prescribers, expanding the skill mix of pharmacy teams and creating innovative career pathways that support multidisciplinary care.

The RPS has also appointed a new director for Wales. Dr Geraldine McCaffrey, current chair of the RPS Welsh Pharmacy Board and a member of the RPS Assembly, will start her new role in December. She takes over from Elen Jones.