Social Pharmacy

The medication consumption of the population is monitored to evaluate consumer behavior. These insights aim to provide you with guidance on responsible medication use.

Our public health pharmacists monitor the medication consumption of the population. This does not mean that the medication use of individual persons is being tracked. Instead, the focus is on evaluating general consumer behavior and educating on responsible medication consumption. Special attention is given to specific population groups, such as seniors or children.

For this purpose, public health pharmacists in North Rhine-Westphalia collaborate with the Health Center NRW to develop individual projects that are subsequently implemented in communities.

Past projects included:

• Medication supply in nursing homes and care facilities,

• Importing medications through pharmacies,

• Utilization of the pharmacy emergency service.

Social pharmacy can help identify and highlight fundamental issues in the population's medication supply.