FIP joins collaboration call
May 24, 2013
THE International Pharmaceutical
Federation is one of five global
health professional bodies jointly
calling for a new international
emphasis on collaborative practice.
The World Health Professions
Alliance also includes lead bodies
for nurses, physical therapists,
dentists and the World Medical
Association, launched a major new
statement on interprofessional
collaboration during the World
Health Organization’s 66th World
Health Assembly.
The statement saw health
service users around the world
can experience “duplication, gaps
and discontinuity in the health
system,” which can be prevented by
the professions working together,
leading to “improved access to
services, more user involvement in
decision making, more responsive
services, better use of resources,
reduced incidence of disability and
increased job satisfaction of health
professionals”.
The WHPA has called on
governments to fund structures
which support health professionals
working together, with FIP
president Michel Buchmann saying
“evidence shows that effective
interprofessional collaborative
practice leads to a comprehensive,
coordinated and safe health system
that better meets the needs of
people and their communities”.
The statement urges active
engagement between health
professional associations, as well as
the incorporation into regulatory
systems of collaborative practice
models and standards.
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