Social consequences of changes in the medical profession.

Nov 01, 2011 10:42

Not only at stake the future, but especially the health of patients.

• National representatives of the Organization Medical School released a message to the general population to inform them of the risks that the changes will be introduced in the medical profession could have on patients and on the quality of healthcare.

Following the Joint Assembly of Sections Colegiales Medical School of the Organization (WTO), held this weekend in Madrid, which brought together representatives from all provincial medical Spain, the national voice of the WTO have launched a message warning to the population, through the mainstream media, to changes that are looming on the medical profession and the consequences of which the main losers are the patients.

In this event, the doctors involved Sendín Juan Jose Rodriguez, secretary general of the General Council of Medical Associations and the national representatives Rural Primary Care (Josep Fumadó), Urban Primary Health Care (Jerónimo Fernández Torrente) and hospital doctors (Manuel Sanchez Garcia).

As explained by the secretary of the General Medical Council, Dr Juan Jose Rodriguez Sendín, major issues have been discussed as a backdrop the alleged crisis of medical professionals in our country. "As has happened in the past, before major commitments of the profession, have met representatives of provincial colleges to participate and to generate debate and opinion, and secondly, to generate commitment, as part of the fundamental objective of the Organization Medical School .

These threats to the medical profession is the possible amendment of EU Directive 2003/88 on the working time to approve the European Parliament which, among other things would raise up 65 hours working time for doctors. It is the paradox, however, that in Spain, doctors still have to go to court so that the directive now in force and is mandatory compliance in certain areas, as reported by the representative National Hospital, Dr. Manuel Sánchez García.

As emphasized by national representatives of doctors, "a tired viagra cialis online pharmacy pharmacy can be a danger to their patients."

Moreover, an operator is a medical doctor and unmotivated and dissatisfied as a result the quality of care will deteriorate, and who will suffer the consequences for citizens with the increase in adverse effects.

"Danger to patients'

Following the announcement of the members of national reporting managers and those responsible Autonomous hiring doctors without relevant specialist qualifications, the Ministry's response has been to try to legalize this abnormal situation, a draft Royal Decree, which Several versions are known, although not yet completed the process required for a hearing, so it is not official.

"How can you explain to patients who were being treated by a specialist who does not get his fitness." According to OECD estimates are exerting in Spain some 22,000 foreign doctors (11% of total) of whom 9,000 to 12,000 may be outside without her approval or pending.

One of the concerns that were generated for representatives of the WTO in this regard, as explained by the national representative of Rural Primary Health Care, Dr. Josep Fumadó is that citizens receive quality care differently, depending on qualifications of the professionals who serve them.

And the problem is exacerbated, as indicated, for its part, the national representative of Urban Primary Health Care, Dr. Jerónimo Fernández Torrente, because currently 26 per cent of doctors in Spain are not controlled, because that in certain autonomous regions established the voluntary associations. Therefore, as has been remarked, "citizens have neither the right nor any guarantees on all the autonomous communities."

Another issue explored and exposed in the media is the claim of other groups covered by the Ministry of Health and some Autonomous Directors, to enter the field of prescription, an action that is inseparable from the diagnosis and for which Doctors are only trained for its specific preparation. Thus, compared to the "prescription nurse" or "pharmaceutical care" that would give others the ability to prescribe medicines or to address health problems (pharmaceutical care) that imply a diagnosis and a preliminary approach, representatives of national claiming that only doctors are trained to prescribe the doctor.
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