Pharmaceutical Network June 3 News

Major regulations on traditional Chinese medicine, effective from June 1

Since June 1, the "Regulations on Traditional Chinese Medicine in Anhui Province" has been officially implemented. The "Regulations" were voted and passed at the 17th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th Anhui Provincial People's Congress on March 27.

The "Regulations" consists of 9 chapters and 69 articles, which are divided into general provisions, Chinese medicine services, Chinese medicine protection and development, Chinese medicine personnel training, Chinese medicine scientific research, Chinese medicine inheritance and cultural dissemination, safeguard measures, legal responsibilities, and supplementary provisions.

It is worth noting that the "Regulations" make it clear that each city and county people's government in Anhui Province should hold at least one independent public traditional Chinese medicine hospital, and government-run general hospitals, maternal and child health care institutions and community health service centers, township health centers, Specialized hospitals with conditions should set up departments of traditional Chinese medicine. The proportion of TCM beds in standard beds in public general hospitals at or above the county level shall not be less than 5%.

The people's governments at or above the county level and their relevant departments formulate basic medical insurance payment policies, drug policies and other medical and health policies, and the competent departments of traditional Chinese medicine should participate, focusing on giving full play to the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, implementing preferential policies for traditional Chinese medicine, and promoting appropriate technologies for traditional Chinese medicine. and reform of payment methods for dominant diseases.

Relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with state regulations, include eligible TCM medical institutions into the scope of designated medical institutions for basic medical insurance, and include eligible TCM diagnosis and treatment items, TCM decoction pieces, TCM formula granules, Chinese patent medicines and TCM preparations for medical institutions. Include the basic medical insurance fund payment scope, and gradually increase the reimbursement ratio.

At the same time, the above regulations also require the formulation of protection and development plans for Chinese herbal medicines, support for the development and utilization of authentic Chinese herbal medicines from Anhui, establish a quality supervision system for Chinese herbal medicines covering all varieties, the whole process, and traceability, and strengthen Chinese herbal medicine pieces, Chinese herbal medicine preparations, etc. management, etc.

Beijing issued a document to strengthen the development of traditional Chinese medicine

At present, many provinces have issued relevant TCM regulations to vigorously support the inheritance, development and innovation of TCM.

Since Shanghai and Anhui Province issued the document, recently, the Beijing Municipal Health and Health Commission issued an announcement on public consultation on the "Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Regulations (Draft for Public Comments)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Draft for Comments").

The "Draft of Opinions" makes it clear that we will vigorously develop the cause of traditional Chinese medicine, inherit the essence, maintain integrity and innovation, follow the development law of traditional Chinese medicine, establish a management system that conforms to the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, and maintain and carry forward the characteristics and advantages of traditional Chinese medicine.

In the future, Beijing will implement the policy of paying equal attention to both Chinese and Western medicine, support the mutual respect, mutual learning, complementation and coordinated development of Chinese and Western medicine, learn from modern science and technology, and promote innovation in the theory and practice of Chinese medicine.

In order to strengthen the development of traditional Chinese medicine, the document is clear, and the development of traditional Chinese medicine is included in the national economic and social development plan; the coordination mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine departments is improved to coordinate and solve major problems in the reform and development of traditional Chinese medicine; the responsibility for the development of traditional Chinese medicine is implemented. The situation is included in the content of government performance appraisal.

This opinion draft covers the aspects of traditional Chinese medicine service and guarantee, standardization and management, protection and inheritance, opening and innovation. The following contents are worthy of attention:

Traditional Chinese medicine, proprietary Chinese medicine, etc. are included in the medical insurance:

The "Draft" shows that the Beijing medical security department should, in accordance with national regulations, include eligible TCM medical institutions into the scope of designated medical institutions for basic medical insurance, and include TCM diagnosis and treatment items, proprietary Chinese medicines, Chinese herbal pieces and medical treatment that meet the provisions of basic medical insurance. Institutional traditional Chinese medicine preparations are included in the payment scope of basic medical insurance.

Establish a medical insurance payment system that conforms to the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, gradually increase medical insurance support for eligible TCM diagnosis and treatment items, TCM decoction pieces and TCM preparations, and dynamically adjust the payment standards for TCM preparations included in the payment scope of the basic medical insurance fund.

Establish a performance appraisal system for the characteristics and advantages of traditional Chinese medicine:

Traditional Chinese medicine medical institutions mainly provide traditional Chinese medicine services, and the medical staff should be mainly professional and technical personnel of traditional Chinese medicine. The use of modern scientific and technological methods in medical activities should be conducive to maintaining and giving full play to the characteristics and advantages of traditional Chinese medicine. The proportion of medical expenses shall not be lower than the standard stipulated by this city. Establish a performance appraisal system for the characteristics and advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, and governments at all levels guarantee performance appraisal funds.

Support the preparation and use of traditional Chinese medicine preparations:

In order to enrich the variety of traditional Chinese medicine preparations in medical institutions, Beijing supports medical institutions to formulate and use traditional Chinese medicine preparations.

The document clarifies that the variety of traditional Chinese medicine preparations prepared by medical institutions shall obtain the preparation approval number according to law. The varieties of traditional Chinese medicine preparations prepared only by the traditional process can be prepared after filing with the municipal drug supervision and administration department, and do not need to obtain the preparation approval number.

The traditional Chinese medicine preparations prepared by medical institutions are approved by the municipal drug supervision and administration department, and can be used for adjustment among designated medical institutions. The municipal department in charge of traditional Chinese medicine shall establish an evaluation mechanism for traditional Chinese medicine preparations in medical institutions that are urgently needed in clinical practice, and recommend the varieties suitable for dispensing and use to the municipal drug supervision and administration department.

Do not slander and slander traditional Chinese medicine:

To carry out Chinese medicine culture publicity and knowledge popularization activities, it shall comply with relevant state regulations and conform to the connotation and development law of traditional Chinese medicine culture. No organization or individual shall make false or exaggerated propaganda about traditional Chinese medicine; shall not falsely use the name of traditional Chinese medicine to seek illegitimate interests or harm social public interests; shall not slander or slander traditional Chinese medicine in any way or behavior.

Traditional Chinese medicine is included in the compulsory courses to cultivate professional talents:

The Beijing Municipal and District People's Governments shall establish a talent evaluation and incentive system in line with the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, and increase support for traditional Chinese medicine talents in national major talent projects, academician selection, and various types of talent projects in this city.

Institutions of higher learning and secondary vocational schools offering TCM-related majors in this city should optimize the curriculum structure of TCM majors, increase the proportion of traditional Chinese cultural knowledge and TCM classics compulsory courses, strengthen the cultivation of TCM thinking, and establish a system of early learning with teachers and early clinical studies. .

If the institutions of higher learning in this city carry out clinical medical education, the basic theory and basic skills courses of traditional Chinese medicine shall be included in the professional compulsory courses.

In addition, the competent department of traditional Chinese medicine believes that teacher education should be regarded as an important way to cultivate talents, and learning from teachers should be regarded as an important part of standardized training for doctors of traditional Chinese medicine. Organize the city's famous old Chinese medicine doctors, senior Chinese medicine doctors with high academic level and rich clinical experience to teach apprentices, train young doctors, and form an inheritance echelon. TCM experts who carry out teacher-inherited education can enjoy teacher-inheritance subsidies.

Young doctors who have obtained the doctor's qualifications to participate in the teacher education, under the same conditions, can be given priority in the evaluation of professional titles and merits, and those who meet the conditions can apply for corresponding professional degrees.

People's Daily: Promoting the inheritance, innovation and development of traditional Chinese medicine

In fact, in recent years, vigorously developing traditional Chinese medicine has become the consensus of the industry. Especially in the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the breadth and depth of the participation of traditional Chinese medicine is very high, and the effect is also very significant.

According to incomplete statistics, among the confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia nationwide, more than 74,000 people used traditional Chinese medicine, accounting for 91.5%. Among them, more than 60,000 people in Hubei Province use traditional Chinese medicine, accounting for 90.6%. Clinical efficacy observation shows that the effective rate of traditional Chinese medicine is over 90%.

Under this influence, the export of Chinese herbal medicines and Chinese patent medicines has grown significantly. According to statistics, in the first four months of this year, Gansu Province exported 332 tons of Chinese medicinal materials with a value of 14.02 million yuan, an increase of 2.8 times and 2.2 times year-on-year, respectively; and exported 120 tons of Chinese patent medicines with a value of 21.08 million yuan, an increase of 86.2% and 2.2 times year-on-year respectively. 89.7%.

On June 1, the People’s Daily issued a document stating that to accelerate the modernization of traditional Chinese medicine, it is necessary to use modern scientific and technological achievements to improve the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, improve the academic level of traditional Chinese medicine, increase the supply of traditional Chinese medicine services, and meet the people’s growing demand for traditional Chinese medicine.

In addition, to accelerate the industrialization of traditional Chinese medicine, it is necessary to achieve intensive, large-scale and standardized production, expand the traditional Chinese medicine market, expand the field of traditional Chinese medicine services, improve the level of traditional Chinese medicine technology and services, and play the unique role of traditional Chinese medicine. Promote traditional Chinese medicine to the world, and develop traditional Chinese medicine into a modern mainstream medicine alongside Western medicine.

In this year's government work report, "promoting the revitalization and development of traditional Chinese medicine" has been identified as the key work in 2020, which once again emphasized the important role of traditional Chinese medicine in people's livelihood, and also pointed out the direction for this year's traditional Chinese medicine work.

This time, many provinces and regions have introduced policies to vigorously develop traditional Chinese medicine, which will further enhance the value and status of traditional Chinese medicine in the medical system.