Free drugs for seniors as early as next week – Polish Radio

Poles buy an average of 34 pack of medicines per year. This makes us the fifth place among the countries of the European Union in terms of purchased and are taking medicines Photo: Pixabay

the bill prepared by the Ministry of health assumes that everyone who completed 75 years of age, shall be entitled to free medicine included in the list announced by the minister of health.

Free drugs can only be prescribed to the patient doctor primary health care (PHC) indicated in the statement of choice.

Government medical notes that the draft does not provide any criterion regarding the financial status of the patient, which would entitle him to free medicines. According to the doctors it will lead to a situation in which the free drugs will benefit the people very well off.

– Linking rights to medicines free of criterion for assessment of the property of the patient would be more rational and socially equitable use of resources spent on the treatment of seniors and such. increase the number of drugs covered by the free – says NRL.

According to the NRL right of seniors to free medicines should not be made dependent on whether the prescription issued GP or another doctor.

the Government also points out that the current legislation does not provide for the placing on the prescription data, on the basis of which the pharmacist, realizing a prescription, would be able to tell whether issued by a doctor POZ.

at the same time NRL reserves, that “the verification of the requirement of prescription drugs by a primary care physician can not rely on applying for GP obligation to make additional indications staged a prescription.”

Control of medicines

Deputy Minister Krzysztof Łanda explained that the solution according to which drugs the patient will be able to prescribe only the POZ doctor, to avoid a situation in which sick he asks different doctors to write down prescriptions for the same drug free, and then the medicine would be such. exported.

– There must be a doctor who has control over drugs wypisywanymi particular patient – he stressed. In his view, such a solution will also enable clinicians to better control the drug therapy of the patient.

– Today, sometimes there are polypharmacy, patients take a few dozen or a few dozen medications daily, which often come together to interact, or may even cause poisoning . However, if a patient takes a prescription from a variety of specialists and come to a family doctor, he will verify whether this treatment is justified – explained Łanda.

Last week, the deputy minister informed that the ministry take note of the comments on the project, which flowed during the consultation ended on January 6. – Maybe some of them will be included in the government bill, the government draft changes and then be happy to answer all questions – he said.

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