Question 12242 — pharmacy and medications

Summary

Mr. Raphaël Schellenberger draws the attention of the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the economic difficulties encountered by companies in the pharmaceutical distribution sector, in a context of distrust with regard to the number of local pharmacies, violently called into question by the report of the Court of Auditors on the application of social security financing laws, published in September 2017, estimating at 10,400 the number of “excess” pharmacies out of the 21,400 pharmacies in our country. Following such a recommendation, aimed at closing one in two pharmacies, is incompatible with the necessary fight to be undertaken against the medical deserts from which many in our rural areas suffer. The crisis encountered by wholesalers-distributors, combined with the need for better healthcare coverage in our territories, is fueling a strong concern about the quality of medical care and medical advice in rural areas which must be responded to with strong and credible commitments. He therefore questions the Government on the measures envisaged to guarantee all our fellow citizens equal access, everywhere, to care and medicines.

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