Dimension III

The inclusion of pharmacies in the national COVID-19 testing strategy, provided by law and with the definition of the remuneration of the service to pharmacies, has allowed 74 more municipalities to have a rapid testing centre, filling geographical and socio-economic gaps in the coverage of the national territory. The positive results of pharmacies’ intervention in testing strategies highlight the need to extend the provision of complementary means of diagnosis and therapy (MCDT) reimbursed by the NHS in pharmacies whenever there are no technical limitations to said effect. Extending this reimbursed service to pharmacies will significantly reduce inequalities in access, increasing coverage of the national territory and, consequently, reducing waiting times and people’s travelling time to get it done.1,2

1. Goode J-V, Owen J, Page A, et al. Community-Based Pharmacy Practice Innovation and the Role of the Community-Based Pharmacist Practitioner in the United States. Pharmacy (Basel) 2019;7:106. doi:10.3390/pharmacy7030106. 2. Ribeiro N, Mota-Filipe H, Guerreiro MP, et al. Primary health care policy and vision for community pharmacy and pharmacists in Portugal. Pharm Pract (Granada) 2020;18:2043. doi:10.18549/pharmpract.2020.3.2043. 

Promoting the necessary legal changes to enable pharmacies to be included in the NHS network of complementary diagnostic and therapeutic means (MCDTs), provided there are no technical limitations.

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Dimensão III

AXES OF DEVELOPMENT

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

AXES OF DEVELOPMENT

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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