Your chance to shape the Strategic Pharmacy Workforce Plan for Wales

Health Education & Improvement Wales (HEIW) is currently consulting on the key actions which will form the foundations of the Strategic Pharmacy Workforce Plan for Wales and would value your input.

The strategic plan sets the direction for developing a pharmacy workforce with the right skills mix and in sufficient numbers to be responsive to the health and social care needs of the population. The strategic pharmacy workforce plan consultation document can we accessed here: Pharmacy Workforce Plan Consultation Document

The pharmacy workforce will have the right values, behaviours, knowledge, skills and confidence to support people’s wellbeing and everyone in the workforce will feel valued.

The plan is being developed in response to the actions outlined in A Healthier Wales: Our Plan for Health and Social Care, and includes all parts of the workforce who play a role in providing pharmacy services in NHS Wales.  

To ensure that we build a holistic approach to supporting our pharmacy workforce this includes the NHS employed pharmacy teams and those employed by our NHS contractors.

How to get involved

The consultation is running for the six weeks between 20 February and midnight on 2 April 2023.

Please find attached a copy of the consultation document containing the proposed actions and a copy of the consultation questions.

You can submit your answers by completing this e-form You do not have to give your name or any information that would identify you when completing the e-form.

Alternatively, you can email your answers to HEIW.PharmacyWorkforce@wales.nhs.uk using these consultation questions.

HEIW are also holding a number of virtual consultation workshops and a Workforce Summit.

Visit the HEIW website to book your place at the workshops and review the supporting documents covering the research, engagement and data reviews carried out to date.