“An immediate intervention by the Government to control – and curb – the regulatory power of the Regions, some of which are approving funds to allow pharmacies to carry out pre-diagnostic activities, in defiance of the national legislation currently in force. In particular, the aim is to prevent that pharmacies, which enjoy mere municipal commercial authorisations, carry out healthcare services without respecting the same stringent regulations required of analysis laboratories, medical specialists, polyclinics, clinics, diagnostic centers and public and private hospitals, which instead require regional authorizations and provide ISO:9001 certified health services provided precisely to protect the health of citizens. Furthermore, it is underlined that a tariff with higher reimbursements is foreseen for pharmacies, creating disparities and rewarding those who do not respect the same standards, but belong to powerful lobbies”. It is the alarm that the UAP raises, National Union of clinics, polyclinics, institutions and private hospitalsand which will be at the center of the press conference on June 27th in the press conference room of the Chamber of Deputies at 4pm.
Uap hopes that the “President of the Republic Mattarella and the President of the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces Fedriga, guardians of legality, intervene to protect our Constitution, in a moment of legality impasse, maintaining rigorous controls for all healthcare services to guarantee safety and quality, for an efficient and safe healthcare system”. Differently, in fact, healthcare facilities private companies “should be free to provide commercial services such as pharmacies – UAP remarks, launching a provocation – Furthermore, the press conference will announce the event to be held in September to discuss the following topics: tariff nomenclature proposed by UAP; outpatient and medical services only if each Region authorizes pharmacies in compliance with the national legislation of Legislative Decree no. 502/92; exit of the accredited and affiliated structures from the goods and services section and return to health facilities; 200 thousand network and non-individual services for clinical pathology laboratory networks; even the 1% that was intended for the activities of clinics and clinics already included in the Budget law of the previous year must remain in the position for which it was intended”.
“We appeal to the president to return to putting a safety control in place for the health of Italian citizens, attending the event even if only with a letter or a videoconference connection“, concludes Uap.
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