Health · Healthcare & Policy · 8 hrs ago
Italy estimates need for 809 specialist pharmacists in 2026
Health Minister Orazio Schillaci outlined Italy’s pharmacist needs at a meeting in Rome.
The country needs 809 specialist pharmacists in 2026, including 490 for hospital pharmacies.
The government has also established a legal basis for paying hospital pharmacy trainees, responding to a long-standing request from the Italian Society of Hospital Pharmacy.
The Health Ministry is working on rules to put the pay arrangements into effect.
It has also set up a new office to track medical devices and medicines and maintain related information.
Schillaci said hospital pharmacists help connect medical innovation with appropriate treatment and the management of medicines and devices.
Italy estimates that it will need 809 specialist pharmacists in 2026, including 490 for hospital pharmacy.
Health Minister Orazio Schillaci announced the estimate in Rome at a conference of the Italian Society of Hospital Pharmacy.
Schillaci said legal groundwork has been laid for paying pharmacists training in hospital pharmacy.
The Health Ministry is working on decrees to implement the pay arrangements.
A new office has been established in the ministry to oversee traceability of medical devices and medicines.
- Who
- Health Minister Orazio Schillaci announced the estimate.
- What
- Italy estimates it will need 809 specialist pharmacists in 2026, including 490 for hospital pharmacy.
- When
- 2026 is the year covered by the estimate. Schillaci made the announcement on November 9, 2026.
- Where
- Rome, at a conference of the Italian Society of Hospital Pharmacy.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Legal groundwork was laid for paying pharmacists training in hospital pharmacy.
Schillaci announced the 2026 staffing estimate at a conference in Rome.
Schillaci said the ministry was working on decrees to implement the training pay arrangements.
- Total specialist pharmacists needed
- 809 in 2026
- Hospital pharmacy specialists needed
- 490 in 2026
- Announced by
- Orazio Schillaci, Italy’s health minister
- Announcement location
- Rome
- New ministry office
- Traceability of medical devices and medicines
What people are saying
For 2026, the total need has been quantified at 809 specialist pharmacists, of whom 490 are specifically for hospital pharmacy
It is a concrete response to a historic request put forward by Sifo, and the ministry is now working on the rapid issuance of the implementing decrees