Pharmacy best practice in Wales
Published: 18 October 2023
This was published when the organisation was the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
Explore how pharmacy teams across Wales are putting ‘Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales’ into practice. Discover inspiring case studies, watch best practice examples and share your own successes.
Putting patients first
Watch some of the ‘TED talk’ style presentations from our September 2023 conference, focusing on Enhancing Patient Experience.
Written case studies
Read our case studies of best practice in different settings across Wales. They all support the aims of our professional vision for the future, Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales.
Putting P:DaHW into action
Blogs from pharmacists across Wales on how they’ve helped make ‘Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales’ a reality.
Submit your own examples
Help us promote the best example(s) of Welsh pharmacy practice.
Trailblazer talks from the P:DaHW conference 2025
At the Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales Conference 2025, Trailblazer speakers shared examples of work taking place across the profession, highlighting ideas, approaches and improvements that can be applied and adapted in different pharmacy settings.
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