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70% of Andalucian prescription medicine made in Asia

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The PP has leaked a document showing that 70% of all prescription medicine ordered by the Junta de Andalucia in its last source auction is coming from labs in Asia, and what’s worse, some of these labs have been banned from selling to the USA after their FDA banned them. The Junta now orders its prescription medicines by mass auction. It publishes, a couple of times a year, a list of the prescription medicine it Continue reading 70% of Andalucian prescription medicine made in Asia→

No more state medicines in Balearic Islands as debt is unsustainable

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Pharmacists in the Balearic Islands have announced that patients must now pay for their prescription medicines up front and individually ask the regional government for their money back, after the debt owed to the pharmacists by the regional health service became “unsustainable”. The pharmacists guild say that they are owed over 90 million euros by the state system, and that the regional government has missed deadlines in paying the back debts. They say that they Continue reading No more state medicines in Balearic Islands as debt is unsustainable→

No more free ambulance trips for non urgent cases as economic measures bite…

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The new law ordering massive savings in the national health service of Spain contemplates charging patients the cost of the ambulance callout in “non urgent” cases, such as transport home after a visit to the hospital, or callouts for trivial cases. Although the implementation of such charges is down to the federal regions of Spain, the new law is expected to be quickly taken up by the bankrupt regions and implemented quickly (if quietly!). Other Continue reading No more free ambulance trips for non urgent cases as economic measures bite…→