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DENIA Health Department has launched a programme to unify and improve the care of Complex Chronic Patients (CCPs).

The term CCP refers to patients with limiting and progressive pathologies, who are polymedicated and require multiple health care coverage due to their functional deterioration.

The Complex Chronic Care Programme is a comprehensive plan that encompasses the care of this type of patient in any circumstance, from a situation of stability through to exacerbation and hospitalisation.

The programme schedules appointments and tests throughout the year, with the aim of monitoring patients’ evolution while also serving to empower patients by giving them an active role in their treatment.

“The Complex Chronic Patient is a profile that is on the increase, given the current demographic trend and the increasingly ageing population in Spain in general and the Marina Alta in particular, due to the high number of retired European residents who chose this area to live,” declared Dr Jose Bataller, Acting Director of Primary Care.

“This programme also makes it possible to detect exacerbations early and to act immediately from the health centre itself and thus avoid hospital admissions.”