Delete the institutions of social solidarity, such as Mercy, the business of pharmacies is "unconstitutional". The conviction and the Ombudsman, Nascimento Rodrigues, who announced yesterday sent to the Constitutional Court to decree-law on the sale of medicines that former Health Minister Correia de Campos was adopted in 2007.
"If they understand, thank goodness," Maria de Belem Roseira reacts, Member of PS and president of the Union of mutual societies. The matter was brought to the ombudsman this year, through a joint letter of mutual societies, the Union of Mercy and the National Confederation of the institutions of Solidarity (CNIS). These institutions believed to be broken down and asked that the law be reviewed.
Nascimento Rodrigues agrees and believes now that if the law provides for the existence of public, private and social, "does not seem natural to those institutions prohibit the legislature the right to ownership of pharmacies, forcing - them to transvestir are commercial companies if they want to pursue an activity of health, with social purpose, that is not profitable. "
Under the new law that liberalized the ownership, can only detain persons in pharmacies name individual companies or stores. The social sector entities are excluded from the new establishments are open. And those that exist (35 in the hands of Mercy and December of Mutuals) are forced to change their status - constituting themselves as commercial company. What in practice does extinguish the social pharmacies, because lose tax exemptions provided for this sector.
Manuel Lemos, the Union of Mercy, now hopes that the Ministry of Health "fix the law." "To treat the poor, there are three sectors, but then there are only two. If there is the social sector, then we can not exclude it based on any argument," he says.
The Ministry of Health did not want to comment on the position of the ombudsman.
DESACONCELHA HEALTH ORDER 24
If you want advice on drugs, does not call the Health 24. The Order of Pharmacists (OF) believes "the lack of qualifications of employees" who provide the service "a serious problem and that could undermine the health and quality of life of patients." In press release, says has already requested a meeting with management after "testimony from pharmacists who work there consider any disruption in service." At issue is how the CM reported, the fact that the therapeutic counseling be done by technicians from pharmacy without supervision of pharmacists. The Directorate General of Health ensures that "was not identified any situation in which the quality of the information." Even the professionals in line reject the accusations.
Profit margins LIBERALIZED
The state will no longer impose fixed profit margins in the sector of the sale of medicines. The Health Minister, Ana Jorge, was this week-end to the Congress of Pharmacy announced that it will let the market work - the profit that stockholders and pharmacies to the sale of each medicine will depend on themselves, the Ministry will keep only a maximum rate for sale to the public. With the former Minister Correia de Campos, saw the pharmacy down the marketing margins of 20% to 18.25% and wholesalers from 8% to 6.87%. "It is not necessary the intervention of government in setting the margins of each agent. The State must continue to compete the responsibility of setting maximum prices," said Ana Jorge.
APONTAMENTOS
SOCIAL PHARMACIES
Dispense medication, as chemists to normal, but they are required to invest the money into social action. There are 45 to operate and, according to the law, would have until 2012 to develop into commercial companies. None has done so far.
OPINION OF THE OMBUDSMAN
Nascimento Rodrigues believes that there is public interest in these establishments and that "legal solution be found to put on equal tax for all entities that own pharmacies --with a view to ensuring the competition - or is not appropriate nor proportionate to this purpose."
Promise of PS
The creation of a hundred social pharmacy was an election pledge of the former leader of the PS Ferro Rodrigues. Came to be proposed by the Socialist parliamentary group, but most social-democrat prevented the measure.
"If they understand, thank goodness," Maria de Belem Roseira reacts, Member of PS and president of the Union of mutual societies. The matter was brought to the ombudsman this year, through a joint letter of mutual societies, the Union of Mercy and the National Confederation of the institutions of Solidarity (CNIS). These institutions believed to be broken down and asked that the law be reviewed.
Nascimento Rodrigues agrees and believes now that if the law provides for the existence of public, private and social, "does not seem natural to those institutions prohibit the legislature the right to ownership of pharmacies, forcing - them to transvestir are commercial companies if they want to pursue an activity of health, with social purpose, that is not profitable. "
Under the new law that liberalized the ownership, can only detain persons in pharmacies name individual companies or stores. The social sector entities are excluded from the new establishments are open. And those that exist (35 in the hands of Mercy and December of Mutuals) are forced to change their status - constituting themselves as commercial company. What in practice does extinguish the social pharmacies, because lose tax exemptions provided for this sector.
Manuel Lemos, the Union of Mercy, now hopes that the Ministry of Health "fix the law." "To treat the poor, there are three sectors, but then there are only two. If there is the social sector, then we can not exclude it based on any argument," he says.
The Ministry of Health did not want to comment on the position of the ombudsman.
DESACONCELHA HEALTH ORDER 24
If you want advice on drugs, does not call the Health 24. The Order of Pharmacists (OF) believes "the lack of qualifications of employees" who provide the service "a serious problem and that could undermine the health and quality of life of patients." In press release, says has already requested a meeting with management after "testimony from pharmacists who work there consider any disruption in service." At issue is how the CM reported, the fact that the therapeutic counseling be done by technicians from pharmacy without supervision of pharmacists. The Directorate General of Health ensures that "was not identified any situation in which the quality of the information." Even the professionals in line reject the accusations.
Profit margins LIBERALIZED
The state will no longer impose fixed profit margins in the sector of the sale of medicines. The Health Minister, Ana Jorge, was this week-end to the Congress of Pharmacy announced that it will let the market work - the profit that stockholders and pharmacies to the sale of each medicine will depend on themselves, the Ministry will keep only a maximum rate for sale to the public. With the former Minister Correia de Campos, saw the pharmacy down the marketing margins of 20% to 18.25% and wholesalers from 8% to 6.87%. "It is not necessary the intervention of government in setting the margins of each agent. The State must continue to compete the responsibility of setting maximum prices," said Ana Jorge.
APONTAMENTOS
SOCIAL PHARMACIES
Dispense medication, as chemists to normal, but they are required to invest the money into social action. There are 45 to operate and, according to the law, would have until 2012 to develop into commercial companies. None has done so far.
OPINION OF THE OMBUDSMAN
Nascimento Rodrigues believes that there is public interest in these establishments and that "legal solution be found to put on equal tax for all entities that own pharmacies --with a view to ensuring the competition - or is not appropriate nor proportionate to this purpose."
Promise of PS
The creation of a hundred social pharmacy was an election pledge of the former leader of the PS Ferro Rodrigues. Came to be proposed by the Socialist parliamentary group, but most social-democrat prevented the measure.
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