Sharing about the results of health work in 2024 and the tasks and solutions for 2025 of the Ministry of Health at a press meeting on the afternoon of December 20, Deputy Minister of Health Le Duc Luan said: In 2024, the Ministry of Health will continue to focus on promoting the construction and improvement of institutions and policies, and improving state management capacity in the health sector.
The Ministry of Health has advised the Government to submit to the National Assembly for approval the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Pharmacy, the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance; Coordinated with the Central Propaganda Department to submit to the Secretariat for promulgation Conclusion No. 86-KL/TW dated July 10, 2024 of the Secretariat on the development of Vietnamese Traditional Medicine and the Vietnam Oriental Medicine Association in the new period; submitted to the Government for promulgation 04 Government Decrees, 11 Decisions and 02 Directives of the Prime Minister; The Ministry of Health issued 43 Circulars under its authority.
In particular, policies and orientations for the development of the health sector in the medium and long term were issued, such as strategies and plans for the health sector until 2030, plans to implement Directive No. 25-CT/TW dated October 25, 2023 of the Secretariat on continuing to consolidate, improve and enhance the quality of grassroots health activities in the new situation, and the Prime Minister's Directive on strengthening the implementation of population work in the new situation...
In addition, many documents and policies have been issued to remove immediate bottlenecks such as procurement, bidding for drugs, supplies, medical equipment, prices of medical examination and treatment services, health insurance payments, etc.
According to the Deputy Minister of Health, one of the important tasks is to continue to improve and organize the apparatus in a streamlined, effective and efficient manner.
Organize the summary of the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW dated October 25, 2017 of the 6th Central Conference, 12th tenure; develop and submit to the Government Steering Committee the Project on reorganizing and streamlining the apparatus of the Ministry of Health on the basis of receiving a number of tasks from the Central Health Care Protection Committee, receiving state management of: Social protection; children; prevention and control of social evils transferred from the Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs, draft Decree stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and structure of the Ministry of Health according to the reorganization plan.
Submit to the Prime Minister the establishment of the National Medical Council, the National Steering Committee for the development of the Vietnamese pharmaceutical industry until 2030, with a vision to 2045; and perfect the National Steering Committee for Population and Development.
At the same time, issue a Circular stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of district-level medical centers.
The Ministry of Health is also finalizing the Project on arranging hospitals under the Ministry of Health for the period 2023-2030; List of public service units under the Ministry of Health; Project on establishing the Central Disease Control Agency; Government Decree regulating health care at communes, wards and towns; Circular regulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of commune-level health centers...
According to the Ministry of Health, the health sector has taken initial steps to innovate health human resource training. The Ministry of Health approved and implemented the Health Human Resource Development Project for the 2023-2030 period, with a vision to 2050.
Develop and implement training capacity standards and regulations on specialized training. The network of medical human resource training facilities continues to develop, both public and non-public, and expand training specialties.
Step by step strengthen training, improve the quality of medical human resources at lower levels, remote areas, and disadvantaged areas through training, sending young doctors to disadvantaged areas. Promote applied research, develop high technology in the medical field, approach the level of countries in the region and the world.
Research and amend regulations on preferential allowances by profession; some special allowance regimes for civil servants, public employees, and workers in public health facilities; anti-epidemic allowance regime; allowance regime for medical staff in villages and hamlets.
