what does a pharmacist do <br />Home What to expect from your pharmacy What does a pharmacist do? <br />What does a pharmacist do? <br />Pharmacists are responsible for: <br />the quality of medicines supplied to patients <br />ensuring that the supply of medicines is within the law <br />ensuring that the medicines prescribed to patients are suitable <br />advising patients about medicines, including how to take them, what reactions may occur and answering patients' questions. <br />Pharmacists also: <br />supervise the medicines supply chain and ensure pharmacy premises and systems are fit for purpose <br />advise other healthcare professionals about safe and effective medicines use, and safe and secure supply of medicines <br />respond to patients' symptoms and advise on medicines for sale in pharmacies <br />provide services to patients, such as smoking cessation, blood pressure measurement and cholesterol management <br />supervise the production and preparation of medicines and assessments of quality of medicines before they are supplied to patients from pharmaceutical manufacturers. <br />Where do pharmacists work? <br />Pharmacists work in many different work environments. These include: <br />Community pharmacies (sometimes called retail or high street pharmacy) and hospitals. Most pharmacists work in community and hospital pharmacy <br />Pharmaceutical production or sales in the pharmaceutical industry <br />Prisons, primary care organisations, universities in teaching and research, the military, veterinary pharmacy and pharmacy organisations. <br />Pharmacist registration <br />A person calling themselves a pharmacist must be registered with the GPhC. <br />You can search our register to see that a pharmacist is practising legally and if they have outstanding fitness to practise allegations against them. <br />For more information about the process a pharmacist must go through to become and stay registered, see Registering as a pharmacist. <br />FOLLOW ME ON Face book : <br />https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... <br />SUBCRIBE : <br />https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIfL... <br />Find me on google plus .... <br />https://plus.google.com/+AashiAli1 <br />Follow me on twitter.... <br />https://twitter.com/aashiali33 <br />Visit my Facebook page: <br />https://www.facebook.com/idealsoft22/
