Cross border scripts

January 21, 2011

THIS week the European Parliament approved a scheme for Europe-wide recognition of prescriptions, as part of a push to improve cross-border healthcare. The Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU) has welcomed the decision to allow prescriptions written in any one EU Member State to be filled in all 27 Member States. In announcing its support for the ruling, the PGEU stressed that the program faces a number of challenges if the system is to be safe and effective. The concerns centre over the potential for medication errors, when scripts are filled in a separate State to which they were written. The PGEU did however welcome the EU decision to grant pharmacists the right of refusal if they are in doubt, or have ethical concerns.

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