PSSA Young Pharmacists’ Group: Stewardship in crisis: the role of young pharmacists in South Africa’s evolving healthcare landscape

Abstract

Imagine a narrative more significant than any of us—a story written not in accolades or titles but in lives improved and communities uplifted. Every life saved, and every pain eased by medicine is a fragment of a larger story that hinges partly, but significantly, on pharmacists’ hands in a multidisciplinary healthcare team. Yet today, that story is under threat. Young pharmacists who are trained to heal, are finding themselves without roles to fulfil. The unemployment crisis facing newly qualified pharmacists in South Africa is more than just a concern; it is an exigent situation that requires urgent attention and action.