Baden-Württemberg Launches Action Plan for Self-Medication Policy
Stuttgart – September 08, 2026 -- Pharma Deutschland's Baden-Württemberg chapter and MEDIVERBUND AG kicked off development of a regional action plan aimed at strengthening self-medication as a lever to relieve pressure on doctors' offices and build a more resilient healthcare system.
Industry and physician groups agree self-medication can free up doctor capacity
At the "Selbstverständlich Selbstmedikation" event, representatives from politics, medicine, pharmacies, health insurers and the pharmaceutical industry discussed conditions needed to expand patient self-treatment for minor ailments. Dr. Traugott Ullrich, chairman of Pharma Deutschland's Baden-Württemberg association, argued that low-threshold self-medication allows patients to treat or prevent minor health issues while pharmacies handle counseling and physicians retain capacity for more complex cases.