Dimension I

Access to the health system can be improved by extending the services provided by community pharmacies, such as point-of-care tests. The intervention of pharmacies in the differential assessment between influenza and COVID-19 through rapid antigen tests has allowed citizens to identify these infections more closely and promptly, relieving pressure on emergency services. During the peaks of said infections, many of the incidents that cause emergency room admissions could be managed more effectively in the pharmacy through pharmacist intervention and counselling, using rapid testing and, depending on the case, referral or adopting pharmacological or non-pharmacological measures.1,2

1. Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU). PGEU Best Practice Paper: Communicable Diseases and Vaccination. 2018. https://www.pgeu.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/PGEU-Best-Practice-Paper-on-Communicable-Diseases-and-Vaccination.pdf.
2. The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI). Future Pharmacy Practice in Ireland. Meeting Patients’ Needs. Dublin: 2016.

Implementing the differential assessment of infections by conducting rapid tests and applying pharmaceutical on protocols under contract with the NHS and other funding bodies.

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Dimensão I

Eixos de desenvolvimento

1 Strengthening the pharmacy position as a space for health and well-being in a person’s health journey

2 Digital transformation at the service of pharmacies and people

3 Generating scientific and professional evidence in health

4 Valuing teams and the profession

5 Promoting territorial cohesion as a response to social and health determinants

6 Promoting economic and financial sustainability

Eixos de desenvolvimento

1 Strengthening the pharmacy position as a space for health and well-being in a person’s health journey

2 Digital transformation at the service of pharmacies and people

3 Generating scientific and professional evidence in health

4 Valuing teams and the profession

5 Promoting territorial cohesion as a response to social and health determinants

6 Promoting economic and financial sustainability

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