Prescription and dispensing in the EU (ePrescription/eDispensation)

Electronic prescription and dispensing, , through the My Health@EU service allows a medicine prescribed on an electronic prescription by a healthcare professional in their home country to be dispensed in any pharmacy in another EU country.

Spain, with its National Health System, participates in this European project.

The Spanish project for the interoperability of electronic prescriptions with the EU is coordinated by the Ministry of Health.

The European countries
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- Current situation. See here.
Autonomous Communities
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- Current situation. See here.

If you are going to travel to another European Union country and need to pick up medication at a pharmacy office there:

First of all, before accessing any of your data in the pharmacy office you must show a document of information prepared in the country of destination and written in the language of your country of origin.

The purpose is to inform you about the way in which your personal data will be processed in the country of destination, where you will collect your medication.

You should read the document carefully, and if you agree with the content, you will express it verbally. At that time, the pharmacist will already be able to access your identification data and your dispensable medication.

NOTICE OF INFORMATION FOR THE CITIZEN WHOSE STATE OF AFFILIATION IS SPAIN

Next, you must present at the pharmacy office the individual health card of your autonomous community of origin. If the card does not have a photograph, you must provide an official identification document with a photograph (DNI or passport), in order to be correctly identified.

The European health card is not valid to collect the medication.

For further information on dispensing in a pharmacy office in another European country see here

If you visit Spain and need to collect prescription medication at a pharmacy in your country of origin, before accessing your data at the pharmacy they will show you a document to inform you about the processing of your personal data in Spain. This information shall be in the official language of your country of origin.

If you agree to such data processing, you will indicate it to the pharmacist and at that time he/she will already be able to access your identification data and your dispensable medication.