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Dimension III

The legal nature of community pharmacies is subject to legal requirements in terms of installation and operation. In addition, pharmacies have to comply with demanding requirements regarding the premises they occupy and their licensing. They are required to have certain divisions suitable for carrying out their activity (customer service room, warehouse, laboratory and sanitary facilities), and to comply with minimum areas set out in a regulation by INFARMED, I.P. These requirements are a factor of added complexity in the search for spaces that can simultaneously fulfil the necessary infrastructure criteria. It is therefore proposed to define measures to protect pharmacies’ leases, the benefits of which are to promote greater protection for pharmacies in the face of rent increases, which could jeopardise the cohesion of the network, as well as the continuity of the provision of pharmaceutical care and, consequently, enhance a health response in line with the needs of the population.

Legal changes that allow the legal framework applicable to leases to guarantee more predictable conditions for premises intended for the installation and operation of pharmacies:

  • establishment of the right of pre-emption in the purchase and sale or donation of real estate for the exercise of community pharmacy activity;

  • review of the conditions for terminating a rental agreement, in particular the minimum notice required and the need to authorise the temporary transfer of the pharmacy.

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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