The evolution of community pharmacists in the UKLegal cases have helped to shape community pharmacy from its roots in the one-time competitive roles of apothecary and chemist and druggist.Download a PDF of the full information graphic. References Last updated 12 February 2021 16:34CitationThe Pharmaceutical Journal, PJ, December 2015, Vol 295, No 7884;295(7884):DOI:10.1211/PJ.2015.20200318You may also be interested in Almost half of pharmacy owners have used personal savings to subsidise NHS services Pharmacies receive over half of all NHS 111 online referrals Nine in ten pharmacies report increase in shoplifting over past year