It’s done. After the authorization to vaccinate, pharmacists will now also be able to prescribe antibiotics directly to patients with urinary tract infections or angina. Thursday, during her visit to Rouen, Elisabeth Borne had decided to expand the scope of competence of pharmacists. Friday, Aurélien Rousseau, the Minister of Health, confirmed this information on FranceInfo.
During this announcement, the Prime Minister explained that, “as soon as he has carried out a test to confirm the bacterial origin” of the disease and an interview with the patient, the pharmacist will thus be able to “deliver directly” the antibiotic , to “promote access” to these common care procedures. The objective is to unclog emergency rooms and relieve already overworked general practitioners. “Measures cache-misere”, reacted Thursday on France Info Agnès Giannotti, president of the MG France doctors’ union, the leading union among general practitioners.
“Excellent news” for the National Union of Pharmacists
“These are simple acts that took almost no time, said the trade unionist, the unscheduled care of our patients is already 40% of our activity. “She admits all the same that this measure can be useful where the generalists are “in difficulty” and “when it is done within the framework of a coordinated exercise”.
“It is not to replace the doctor, it is the sharing of tasks for the benefit of the French”, assured his side this Friday morning Aurélien Rousseau on France Info. On France Inter, the secretary general of the National Union of Pharmacies of France Eric Myon, greeted him with “excellent news [qui] this will be an opportunity to help the French to have access to effective care”.