The Association of dieticians and nutritionists of the Valencian Community (CODiNuCoVa) supports the pharmacists of the Valencian Community threatened by the plan of the Government to liberalize the pharmacy.

CODiNuCoVa, Member of the Valencia health Union brings together the health professional schools of the province of Valencia and representing more than 45,000 members, want to show their support for the official College of pharmacists against the content of the draft document of the Ministry of economy and competitiveness of date December 20, which includes the general lines of the draft bill on professional services and, most importantly, by the removal of the reservation of the property and ownership of pharmacies the pharmacist.

Since the CODiNuCoVa are convinced that the figure of the pharmacist is essential in the composition of the multidisciplinary health teams, widely recommended by the World Health Organization because they provide better care to the sick, as well as an improvement of the health, well-being and quality of life of the citizens.

So a change in the current pharmaceutical structure would undermine the aspects concerning the care provided by these professionals and themselves because of the socio-economic situation in which we find ourselves. Besides that in a high percentage they would be independent professionals depend on brands and commercial distributors where imperarían the economic interests and sales against the health and the promotion of the same.

For all these reasons and in order to join efforts together, ensuring the interest of the society joined the withdrawal of any point of the draft law that refers to pharmacies and medicines in these terms.