Strategic initiatives to maintain pharmaceutical care and clinical pharmacists sufficiency in Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: The shortage of clinical pharmacists in Saudi Arabia has limited the full implementation of pharmaceutical care in most of its hospitals. The National Guard Health Affairs hospitals. This work discussed the Department of Pharmaceutical Care, and the King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences College of Pharmacy four initiatives that were planned in 2009-2010 to develop and recruit clinical pharmacists, practitioners, or faculty.