Reference Information

Building a Sustainable, Healthy Pharmacy Workforce and Workplace

In June 2023 APhA, along with ASHP and NABP, convened 50 pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, employers, and state boards of pharmacy executives, for the invitational summit Implementing Solutions Summit: Building a Sustainable, Healthy, Pharmacy Workforce and Workplace Summit. The final report lays out actions to implement solutions to improve workplace conditions by addressing day-to-day challenges, removing obstacles to well-being, and advancing practice models for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. The report identifies transformative and actionable changes for pharmacy.

Read the Final Report 

APhA Community Pharmacy Workplace Summit

In February 2022, APhA convened 46 pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy stakeholders and pharmacy organizations to discuss the challenges faced by community-based pharmacy personnel. The ideas and next steps generated are to serve as the foundation to jointly - employer organizations and pharmacy personnel - engage in frank and meaningful discussion to address issues in their pharmacy practice.

Read the Final Report 

2021 APhA/NASPA National Pharmacy Workplace Survey

APhA and the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA) 2021 national pharmacy workplace survey was conducted to learn more about pharmacy workplace issues from pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and student pharmacists across all practice settings. Nearly 7,000 respondents from across the country and practice settings participated in this study.

• Final Report of the National Pharmacy Workplace Survey
• Preliminary Findings from the National Pharmacy Workplace Survey
• Pharmacy Workplace Wellbeing and Resilience: Themes Identified from a Hermeneutic Phenomenological Analysis with Future Recommendations

National Consensus Conference

In 2019 APhA, along with four national pharmacy organizations, held a national consensus conference, to develop strategies that address pharmacists’ well-being and resiliency and design a path forward. The conference hosted multiple stakeholders from diverse practice perspectives.

Learn More 

APhA Statements Pharmacist Well-being and Pharmacy Workplace

APhA has released statements, editorials, CEO reflections, and press releases on pharmacist well-being and pharmacy workplace issues.

• APhA Statement on Pharmacists Walkouts - October 2023
• CEO Reflections on Trip to Kansas City - October 2023
• APhA Statement on Pharmacy Closures in Kansas City - September 2023
• APhA with other Pharmacy Organizations Establish Pharmacy Workforce Suicide Awareness Day - September 2023
• APhA Comments to Senate HELP Committee Workforce RFI - March 2023
• APhA Statement for the Record Before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Examining Health Care Workforce Shortages: Where Do We Go From Here? - February 2023
• APhA Applauds Release of National Academy of Medicine National Plan for Health Workforce  - October 2022
• APhA Reaffirms Support for Pharmacists and Their Ability to Serve All Patients  - March 2022
• APhA and NASPA Applaud NABP Statement on Pharmacist’s Fundamental Responsibilities and Rights  - January 2022
• APhA Board of Trustees Statement: Pharmacist Burnout Hits Breaking Point Impacting Patient Safety  - December 2021
• APhA Response to Senate Finance Committee RFI on Behavioral Health Care Package  - November 2021
• CEO Blog: We Hear You  - November 2021
• APhA Statement on Commitment to The Well-Being and Resiliency of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Personnel  - December 2018