The representatives of the region hospitals told the Prime Minister that inactive this year the wellness strategy will deficiency about PLN 15 billion. It'll only get worse in the next fewer years.
On Monday, a gathering of Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Minister of wellness Izabela Leszczyna took place with representatives of the National Association of Regional infirmary Employers. During the 2 hours of the meeting, the Prime Minister was informed that this year the wellness strategy will deficiency about PLN 15 billion.
– This is an amount that will yet affect not little than 35-40 percent of region hospitals, the remainder are the needs of another providers – explained Mariusz Trojanowski, associate of the board of OZPSP, who took part in the meeting.
For respective months now, not only infirmary directors have been talking about the budget for health, but besides wellness authorities (he sent a letter to the Prime Minister a fewer weeks ago) and wellness organizations. They point out that hospitals with traditionally over-execution, i.e. with more alleged limited benefits for patients than is specified in the National wellness Fund agreements, are not reimbursed for the services provided.
– We are increasingly afraid that hospitals, which have been underfunded and indebted for a long time, are now forced to reduce their activities. We are not just talking about planned operations that can possibly wait, but besides more urgent procedures. The situation is increasingly difficult, and any of the outstanding benefits are procedures that failure to execute may consequence in wellness deterioration, including in cardiology or oncology, specified as drug programs. We're afraid the situation might get worse. – said Vice-President of the Chief Medical Chamber Dr Claudius Komor.
The Polish Employers' Federation has late assessed that the NFZ has lost its ability to finance benefits on current terms. – The situation that we have now, erstwhile hospitals have problems with access to treatment, will deteriorate. In the next year, in order for the strategy to function as in this – which is not a revelation – 27 billion PLN is missing and 41 billion PLN in 2026. said FPP expert Wojciech Wiśniewski in mid-October.
The wellness hotel explains that problems have respective causes. He points out, among another things, the request to finance increases for medical staff, which is required by the wellness Pay Act (establishes a mechanics for yearly pay valorisation). According to the MZ information, for the last 3 years, the Wages Act has cost NFZ about 80 billion PLN.
According to the draft budget for 2025, public spending on wellness protection will amount to PLN 222,2 billion and the entity grant to the NFZ – PLN 18.3 billion. specified data were presented by Deputy Minister of wellness Wojciech Konieczny at the gathering of the Parliamentary Committee on Health, which gave a affirmative opinion on the draft budget for 2025. MZ notes that spending on wellness care in 2025 is almost PLN 600 million more than the minimum level, or 6.5% of GDP 2 years ago (this is expected to be 7% in 2027 for GDP 2 years ago).
According to Eurostat for 2021, on average, all associate States spent 11% of GDP on wellness care. Poland was well below the EU average with 6.4%. This was the second lowest score among 27 countries, with Luxembourg alone (5.7%) spending little on GDP in 2021. Germany (12.9%), France (12.3%) and Austria (12.1%).
Interestingly, the conversion of expenditure into wellness care per capita raised Luxembourg's position to the first place – with a consequence of EUR 6402. It was followed by Denmark, who donated EUR 6223 per individual for this purpose. After Luxembourg and Denmark, results exceeding EUR 5000 per capita were besides recorded in Sweden, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands and Austria.
According to 2021 figures, only EUR 983 was transferred per capita in Poland. It was worse in only 2 countries: Bulgaria (884 euro) and Romania (817 euro).
Source: PAP / Develop. TG
