Spain: Technical proposal to health authorities to combat therapeutic non-compliance

Half of Spanish patients suffering from chronic illnesses do not correctly follow the prescribed pharmacotherapeutic treatment, according to new research.

This data, which emerges from a survey of 1,400 patients commissioned by the pharma trade group Farmaindustria, reflects the real scale of the problem of the lack of adherence to treatments, which has consequences both for the health of the patient and for the quality and sustainability of the health system. To address this challenge, the Treatment Adherence Plan (responsible use of medicine), has been presented in Barcelona, a document which was prepared by scientific medical societies, pharmaceutical and nursing societies, patient representatives and professional experts, and promoted by Farmaindustria, is at the disposal of the sanitary authorities for its study and eventual application.

The Plan proposes a complete work strategy that arises from the vision of both healthcare professionals and patients. It is an unprecedented project, both integral and inclusive, transversal, ambitious and with the use of being applicable and continuous. In short, it is a proposal that civil society brings to public health administrations with the objective of improving the quality of health care and, above all, the health of patients.