2014
DOI: 10.5539/gjhs.v6n6p226
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The Future of Community Pharmacy Practice in South Africa in the Light of the Proposed New Qualification for Pharmacists: Implications and Challenges

Abstract: Objectives:Community or retail pharmacies are regarded as one of the most common sources of health services throughout the world. In South Africa, community pharmacies have been providing some primary health care services to clients who could afford to pay. These services included screening, family planning, and emergency care for minor ailments. With the introduction of the new qualification, community pharmacies are poised to become providers of expanded services. This paper describes the contents, the impli… Show more

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“…Such transformation era is also consistently observed in other countries such as Australia, Jordan, China, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom respectively [14][15][16][17][18][19]. For example in Australia, CPs are well known for offering services such as asthma, diabetes, methadone, herbal medicines, hypertension and wound care services as an extra service [14].…”
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confidence: 77%
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“…Such transformation era is also consistently observed in other countries such as Australia, Jordan, China, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom respectively [14][15][16][17][18][19]. For example in Australia, CPs are well known for offering services such as asthma, diabetes, methadone, herbal medicines, hypertension and wound care services as an extra service [14].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 77%
“…They will be given the right to examine their customers, make a specific diagnosis, prescribe a specific medication to their customers and monitor the outcome of the drug therapy plan [18]. However, in a developed country like the United Kingdom, CPs were only given the right to prescribe some exclusive medications as a part of their extended services while collaborating in work with other GPs for the benefit of their patients [19].…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Such events clearly exhibit CPs' progress towards performing patient-oriented services in community pharmacy settings. Furthermore, at the moment it is noted that GPs and CPs in other countries can work as a team to develop and monitor medication therapy plan for the benefit of their patients [34][35][36].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%