Pharmaceutical Care-Pharmaceutical Services and the European Surrounding Karageorgiou E., Kolář J. Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic e-mail: karageoe@faf.cuni.cz The political line of the health systems in EU is patients oriented and demands increased rates of training and well understanding of pharmaceutical services and pharmaceutical care, either in hospital pharmacies or in community pharmacies. Almost half of the annual pharmaceutical expenses accrued by the so called expensive drugs special category. Almost half of the annual turnover of community pharmacies is of the OTCs and the negative list of medicines. So examine the aspects of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) within deepened economic crisis in Greece in order to find professional solutions for the near future as well as by means of survival. We deal with European surrounding and the present situation in basic education and continual training of community pharmacies in Greece taking into account the assumption that community pharmacies are part of the primary health care. We trace the real needs of well-trained community pharmacists to improve value for both the benefit of patients and the Health Care System. It is the outcome of collaboration...

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