to identify the possible barriers to the implementation of pharmaceutical care among community and hospital pharmacists in enugu state using nsukka and enugu metropolis as a case study . the questionnaires were distributed to community and hospital pharmacists from designated areas during one of their quarterly meeting and their practice sites in 2009 . eighty completed questionnaires were collected with 22.8% from community pharmacists , and 77.2% from hospital pharmacists . the important barriers identified were lack of space , enough personnel in pharmacy to handle routine technical tasks , time , need for too much effort , and need for payment for services . the opinions on barriers to pharmaceutical care of pharmacists from community and hospital practice areas in these two metropolises of enugu state are majorly  lack of time , space and routine technical task personnel .