Pharmacy lobby

Introduction to Pharmacy

Wherever you find medicines, you may find a member of the pharmacy team. This could be in a hospital, supermarket, high street pharmacy, nursing home, doctors’ surgery, NHS 111 call centre or even visiting you in your own home. Different members of the pharmacy team have different skills and qualifications which they use to provide ‘person-centred care’.

This is about helping individuals to use their medicines safely and to stay healthy for longer.

The Pharmacy team is made up of Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians. Some teams will also have Pharmacy assistants, project and information technology leads, Smoking cessation officers and clerical officers, depending on where they work.

Useful links

• NHS Wales Careers - Pharmacy
• NHS Wales Careers - Pharmacist
• NHS Wales Careers - Pharmacy technician
• British Pharmaceutical Students Association 
• General Pharmaceutical Council 
• Hospital Pharmacy Training in Wales 
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society 
• Welsh Centre for Pharmacy Professional Education 
• Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK 

Where can I train?

• Cardiff University
• Swansea University