CPS-117 - Proximity dispensing of hospital medicines in Portugal: A step-by-step implementation and its potential environmental impact

• At: Copenhagen (Denmark) (2025)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: CPS-117
• By: LOURENçO, Maria do Rosário
• Co-author(s): Pedro Silva (Centre for Health Evaluation & Research/Infosaúde, National Association of Pharmacies, Lisbon, Portugal)
  Sílvia Rafael (Centre for Health Evaluation & Research/Infosaúde, National Association of Pharmacies, Lisbon, Portugal)
  Klára Dimitrovová (Centre for Health Evaluation & Research/Infosaúde, National Association of Pharmacies, Lisbon, Portugal / NOVA National School of Public Health, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal)
  Sónia Romano (Centre for Health Evaluation & Research/Infosaúde, National Association of Pharmacies, Lisbon, Portugal / NOVA National School of Public Health, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal)
  António Teixeira Rodrigues (Centre for Health Evaluation & Research/Infosaúde, National Association of Pharmacies, Lisbon, Portugal / Life and Health Sciences Research Institute [ICVS], School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal / ICVS/3B’s-PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal)
  Mrs Maria do Rosário Lourenço (National Association of Pharmacies, Lisbon, Portugal)
  Ema Paulino (National Association of Pharmacies, Lisbon, Portugal)
  
• Abstract:

  Background:
  Since 2016, Portugal has launched several pilot projects on proximity dispensing. However, legal framework for the proximity dispensing of medicines prescribed for hospital outpatient care within the National Health Service (NHS) was established in 2023, and the eligible list of medicines was approved in 2024. Each dispensing episode..

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