Timeline

Priority Area 21 "Guidelines for the management of human resources in Community Pharmacy"

Review of guidelines for team management and human resources development in community pharmacy in Portugal.

Priority Area 3 "Vaccination in complementarity with the NHS"

Conclusion of the Proposal of Action: "A definitive regulatory amendment to the current law, allowing free access to seasonal vaccinations in community pharmacies under the same conditions of access that exist in the NHS network."

Portuguese Pharmacies' White Book WebApp: Go Live

Priority Area 14 "Hospital-Only Medicine Dispensing in Community Pharmacies"

Conclusion of the Proposal of Action: "Financing the community pharmacy dispensary service".

Priority area 33 "Medicines prescription and dispensing regulations"

Conclusion of the Proposal of Action: "Reviewing and updating the regulations for prescribing and dispensing medicines".

Priority area 49 "Attractiveness of the domestic market"

Conclusion of the Proposal of Action: "Reversal of the policy of lowering the price of medicines in Portugal, allowing the sustainability of the medicine value chain and availability at national level".

Priority area 20 "Lifelong professional training"

Conclusion of the Proposal of Action: "Boosting investment in the continuous training of pharmacists, to develop services and interventions".

Priority Area 1 "Prevention and Screening of Viral Hepatitis and HIV" 

Conclusion of the Proposal for Action: "Dispensing of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in community pharmacies". 

Priority Area 14 "Hospital-Only Medicine Dispensing in Community Pharmacies"

Conclusion of the Proposal of Action: "Implementation of dispensing hospital medicines in community pharmacies through a sustainable and nationwide model".

Public Presentation Event of the White Book

Presentation at a Conference held at the Portuguese Parliament, attended by political parties and relevant entities in the sector. 

Priority area 33 "Medicines prescription and dispensing regulations" 

Conclusion of the Proposal of Action: "Consolidate the changes to the electronic prescription, so that each person’s prescriptions are aggregated into a single profile available to the pharmacist (instead of disassociated prescription codes)". 

Priority Area 11 "Renewal of chronic therapy"

Conclusion of the Proposal of Action: "Development of the pharmaceutical service for the replacement of chronic therapy, which consists of the activation of prescription lines by the physician, with a pre-established period, allowing the pharmacist to dispense medicines prescribed for chronic diseases continuously".

Priority Area 3 "Vaccination in complementarity with the NHS"

Conclusion of the Proposal of Action: "Granting pharmacists access, viewing and registration to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) and information on the e-Vaccines platform, subject to the user’s authorisation".

Strategic Formulation and Definition of Scenarios

Preparation of the Portuguese Pharmacies' White Book.

External Auscultation

30 national and international external entities consulted in interviews.

Internal Auscultation

45 sessions with the participation of 341 pharmacies and more than 400 ANF employees. More that 2000 contributions collected.

Initial Diagnosis

Compilation of information for the preparation of the interviews to be carried out and consolidation of the studies.