Here comes the chance of traditional Chinese medicine! Grass roots medical institutions will develop vigorously

[industry trends of pharmaceutical network] recently, Sichuan Administration of traditional Chinese Medicine released a message that the regulations on traditional Chinese medicine of Sichuan Province (Revised) (hereinafter referred to as the regulations) came into force on December 1, 2019 It is worth noting that there are many key points related to primary medical institutions For example, the regulations require that township health centers and community health service centers should be equipped with TCM departments and Chinese pharmacies; community health service stations and village health offices should provide TCM services Photo source: pharmaceutical network and local people's governments at or above the county level should formulate measures to encourage graduates of higher and medium-sized hospitals (schools) of traditional Chinese medicine and medical (pharmaceutical) personnel who have obtained the qualification of medical (pharmaceutical) practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine to engage in TCM work at the grass-roots level and in hard and remote areas, and establish a compensation mechanism for rural grass-roots TCM personnel In addition, the regulations also specifically put forward requirements for the training and motivation of general practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine The competent health departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level and the departments responsible for the management of traditional Chinese medicine should improve the training system of general practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine to adapt to the characteristics of the industry and innovate the incentive mechanism of general practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine In the regulations, there are many points related to grass-roots medical institutions But in fact, Sichuan Province will vigorously carry out TCM services in primary medical institutions In fact, in recent years, the state's policies on promoting the development of traditional Chinese medicine in primary medical institutions have been constantly promulgated As early as May 3, 2011, the three ministries and commissions jointly issued the notice on printing and distributing the work guide of traditional Chinese medicine in general hospitals, which once again set off the climax of the reform and development of traditional Chinese medicine in general hospitals throughout the country In 2014, the three ministries and commissions of the state issued the notice on the development of traditional Chinese medicine in general hospitals Medical work special promotion action plan; then in 2017, a series of relevant policies and regulations supporting the development of traditional Chinese medicine were frequently issued At the beginning of this year, 18 departments, including the national development and Reform Commission, jointly printed and distributed the "strengthen efforts to improve the quality of public services in the social field We will promote the formation of a strong domestic market action plan, deploy 27 action tasks, such as promoting the balanced development of compulsory education and improving the medical and health service capacity of counties in poor areas, among which it is clear that we need to promote grass-roots medical and health institutions to provide services with traditional Chinese medicine characteristics, and give full play to the advantages of simple and clean traditional Chinese medicine At present, many parts of the country are exploring how to integrate traditional Chinese medicine into basic medical institutions In addition to Sichuan Province, some regions have also introduced relevant policies For example, the health and Health Commission of Liaoning Province announced in July that the diagnosis and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine will become the "standard" of basic medical treatment in Liaoning Province in 2019, and 99% of community health service centers and 97% of township health centers will strive to provide six types of appropriate technologies of traditional Chinese medicine According to the introduction of Liaoning Provincial Bureau of traditional Chinese medicine, the construction of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) centers is a powerful way to improve the service capacity of TCM at the grassroots level in Liaoning Province 868 TCM centers have been built in Liaoning Province, including 294 community health service centers and 574 township health centers The proportion of TCM doctors in Liaoning township health centers and community health service centers has increased from 13% and 15% in 2015 to 27% and 26% Recently, there are also news that Guangdong will improve the basic level TCM service system and create a "15 minute service circle" of basic level TCM through the upgrading construction of county TCM hospital and the demonstration construction of TCM Museum It is understood that more than 100 medical institutions in Guangdong Province have carried out the "smart Chinese medicine room" project, so that patients can easily complete the traditional complicated medical treatment and drug collection processes such as diagnosis, treatment, service and distribution On the whole, the support, encouragement and "opening up" of Chinese medicine industry at the level of health policies and policies in China is bringing a good development strategic opportunity period for Chinese medicine industry In the future, there will be great potential for Chinese medicine at the grassroots level!