Physiotherapists have criticised the decision of the Senate are excluded of the medicines Act and which will seriously harm the citizen.

To the modification of the medicines Act and product health.

-the Council General of schools for physiotherapists in Spain (CGCFE) considered that missed a historic opportunity ” and announces that he will work to ensure that the law be amended soon in Congress

– is incomprehensible, it marginalizes the physiotherapy ” and is nonsense that Spanish physiotherapists not they can indicate medications without prescription and health products ”, denounces the President of the CGCFE

-Spanish physiotherapists have solid training in products Orthotics, Pharmacology and conditions médicoquirúrgicas

Madrid, December 2009.- the Council General of schools for physiotherapists in Spain (CGCFE) regrets the decision of the Senate that physiotherapists denies the possibility of State drugs without prescription and health products, thus defending the amendments supported by the Popular group, with the support in the vote of PNV, Canarian coalition and PSM-Entesa.

The CGCFE considers it discriminates against physical therapy for other health professions to which it will be prescribed according to the amendments adopted in the upper house with regard to the law 29/2006 of
guarantees and rational use of medicines and products health.

Is incomprehensible that it marginalizes the physiotherapy, an area of knowledge itself, and physiotherapists, professionals who are relegated and subordinate unprecedented ‘ thanks ’ the unjustified position of the parliamentary groups Socialist, CiU, Entesa Catalana and BNG ”, has denounced the President of the CGCFE, Pedro Borrego.

Missed a historic occasion equate to physical therapy at the level in the main European countries, where Yes is allowed to prescribe these health professionals ”, has assured the President of the CGCFE.

Why ”, has announced, redoblaremos our efforts so that soon this law in Congress can modify and allow the indication of medicines without prescription and medical products by physiotherapists ”, said Borrego this reform would have allowed the indication of various medical devices and drugs – related physical therapy – without prescription by these health professionals, as is the case in many European countries.

Spanish physiotherapists have a high level training and professional, as evidenced by the high estimate and quote them in Europe, as well as a great theoretical and practical knowledge of pathophysiology, pharmacology, medical-surgical conditions and their treatments ”, explained Borrego.

, However, ”, added the President of the CGCFE, is nonsense Spanish physiotherapists may not be prescribed according to what was approved by the Senate and other nurses and chiropodists ”.

Pedro Borrego pointed out that the indication by physiotherapists would make it possible to avoid unnecessary inconvenience to the patients, reduce the costs of the healthcare process, avoiding the overhead of other health professionals, as well as regulate the consumption of certain drugs that many individuals acquire at its own risk without any kind of professional control, responsibility fully assume physiotherapists in the interests of the safety of the public ”.