FIP supports its members to develop policies, regulations and strategies to ensure the sustainability of pharmacy practice itself, through appropriate remuneration models for pharmaceutical services. In terms of social, societal and economical sustainability around pharmacy services, we must advocate for and contribute for the value of pharmaceutical services that ensure equity in access to such services, incentivise their delivery and promote their sustainability and appropriate integration in healthcare system funding, public or private. Sustainability of the profession is not limited to service remuneration models, but also covers areas of tackling medicines shortages through improving access, distribution and the supply chain. The pandemic has only highlighted the importance of transforming pharmacy-led vaccination services for the sustainability of the profession. A few examples of our work on sustainable services include our efforts to transform immunisation coverage through pharmacies, to tackle medicines shortages, and to ensure the sustainability of pharmacy through viable remuneration models.
