On the morning of November 25, the National Assembly discussed in groups the investment policy for the national target program on health care, population and development for the period 2026-2035.
Speaking on this content, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan said that the Ministry of Health was assigned by the Government to implement the development and adjustment of national targets this time in a period of 10 years to submit to the National Assembly.
This is considered a timely and synchronous solution to provide resources to implement the goals of caring for and improving people's health, as well as ensuring issues related to population and development.
The Prime Minister directed to zoning the content and focus on two main tasks: focusing on preventive medicine and developing grassroots health care.
The program includes 5 very important project groups that have been reported to the National Assembly.
Project 1: Enhancing the grassroots health network. This is the main content of the program, including the construction of more than 700 new health stations and the repair of more than 1,000 other health stations, based on the practical needs of 3,321 communes today.
This project also refers to upgrading, repairing or rebuilding hospitals of the armed forces, as well as infirmary stations and military-civilian medical facilities.
Project 2: Improving the effectiveness of disease prevention and health improvement. This content closely follows the orientation of Resolution 72 on the issue of increasing investment in the disease prevention system, especially the system of testing units.
Disease prevention (both infectious and non-communicable), education and propaganda, the family doctor model, and out-of-hospital emergency care to ensure golden time for patients were also mentioned.
Project 3: Regarding issues related to population and development. This project has solutions to support couples and individuals when having two children, as well as enhance adaptation to the aging population.
Project 4: Improving the quality of social care for the disadvantaged. This content refers to elderly care, community-based rehabilitation for people with disabilities, and social protection care centers.
Project 5: Regarding communication monitoring and management. The goal is to change awareness as well as provide people with necessary knowledge and skills on health care, reasonable nutrition, and disease prevention.
Minister Dao Hong Lan said that the Ministry of Health has closely coordinated with the Ministry of Finance to determine capital sources to ensure feasibility, avoiding the case of too large a source that the implementation process cannot meet.
The Ministry of Finance has affirmed this capital source and the State Audit has also issued a document affirming the feasibility and suitability of the capital source for implementing the program.
The budget is carefully determined to focus on grassroots health care, preventive medicine, and population policies. The current capital source is determined for the period up to 2030.
For private healthcare, the current hospital bed figure only meets about 7%, while Resolution 20-NQ/TW on strengthening the work of protecting, caring for and improving people's health in the new situation sets a target of 15%. The biggest problem for private health care is land issues, especially clean land.
Private medical facilities (hospitals, nursing facilities) still have to request projects, clear land, and compensate like a normal enterprise, creating bottlenecks in development. The removal of specific mechanisms related to land and attraction policies will be a great driving force.
