According to Decree 56/2011/ND-CP on allowances for medical staff (currently in effect), for civil servants and public employees who do not directly work in medical profession; civil servants and public employees who work in management and service at general medical service units (except for the subjects specified in Point b, Clause 5 of this Article), civil servants who work in medical profession at agencies, units, and schools, the head of the unit shall consider and decide based on the specific nature of the work and revenue sources, but not exceeding 20% of the current salary scale and grade plus leadership position allowance, seniority allowance beyond the framework (if any) of the beneficiary.
The Ministry of Health is drafting a Decree regulating preferential allowances according to profession for civil servants and employees working at public health facilities, replacing Decree 56/2011/ND-CP.
For school health workers, the draft stipulates as follows: For civil servants who do not directly perform medical expertise at general health service units (except for the subjects specified in Point c, Clause 5, Article 4 of this draft), civil servants performing medical expertise at agencies, units, and schools, the head of the unit shall consider and decide based on the specific nature of the work and revenue sources, but not exceeding 30% of the current salary scale and grade plus leadership position allowance, seniority allowance beyond the framework (if any) of the beneficiary.
Thus, according to the draft, the maximum preferential allowance for school health workers will increase by 10% (not exceeding 30%) compared to current regulations, and will still be considered and decided by the head of the unit based on the specific work and revenue sources.
Preferential allowances for school health workers have recently received much attention from readers.
Many opinions want preferential allowances for school health workers to be provided by the budget like those for teachers, not depending on the school's revenue.
In fact, in many places, there have been shortcomings in preferential allowances for school health workers. In some places, school health workers have not received this allowance for many years...
