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Our Strategy
The future of community pharmacy in Scotland has never been more exciting, thinking strategically about how we operate to balance new opportunities with our crucial core services.
Community Pharmacy Scotland
Strategic Direction
The future of community pharmacy in Scotland has never been more exciting, with the skills and accessibility of our teams in such demand to solve various issues in the delivery of modern healthcare.
There are an increasing number of pharmaceutical care services being developed to improve the health outcomes of the people we serve, but how do we balance these new opportunities with the delivery of our crucial core services?
Our approach
The answer is that we have to think more strategically about how we operate going forward. In 2017 our Board of Directors developed our Vision for the future of community pharmacy in Scotland, which guides our work today.
Key milestones
2017
CPS Vision published
Our Board of Directors developed and published the Vision for the future of community pharmacy in Scotland, forming the cornerstone of our strategic work.
2017
AEIPC published by Scottish Government
The Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for Scotland, Dr. Rose Marie Parr, published Achieving Excellence in Pharmaceutical Care — placing community pharmacy services front and centre.
Ongoing
Collaboration with Scottish Government
We have been working closely with Scottish Government to ensure that both AEIPC and our Vision complement one another and that both ambitions are realised over the coming years.
Today
Delivering on our Vision
Our strategy continues to evolve, balancing new pharmaceutical care services with the delivery of crucial core services for patients across Scotland.