Why new hospital pharmacy service guideline needs to be amended

Hospital Pharmacy Service Guideline (2015) was formulated in order to provide access to health services for all in an effective manner by providing accessible and quality service to patients and clients through the operation of its own pharmacy service. The 2015 guideline was repealed in 2021 and a new guideline was issued in line with Section 64 of Public Health Service Act (2018). The new Guideline was endorsed on January 31, 2022.

The new guideline lacks major content dealing with hospital pharmacy. It is worse than the 2015 guideline and may require further intervention from the policy level to make it more resourceful and accommodative. It was a matter of pride to say that the previous Hospital Pharmacy Service Guideline (2015) was a piece of remarkable evidence guiding many pharmacists oriented to clinical services. The new guideline sets a decrement in the benchmark previously set.