The Ministry of health promises break

From October 1 in Russia began to work the priority national project Health. For 6 years the Ministry of health expects more than a quarter, to reduce the mortality rate of the working population and 19.6% of infant mortality. Losses from diseases of blood circulation should decrease by 23.4%, from cancer by 7.8%. The price of the project more than 1.36 trillion rubles, most of which will be spent during the first three years.

In early September the Presidium of the Council under the RF President on strategic development and prioritetnost approved the national project Health, developed by the government under the new the may decree of Vladimir Putin. In General, the Ministry of health is overseeing 10 Federal projects: eight are independent within the framework of the national project Health, and two in the national project Demographics. Among the targets of the project: reduction of mortality, the elimination of staff shortages, the overwhelming coverage of Russian professional examinations, increasing the availability of medical care, optimization of medical institutions, reducing queues. Even the increase in exports of health services not less than four times.

Such a major project in the country since 2011, when he completed a five-year national project Health.In those years, it was discovered 54 regional vascular centre and primary vascular 145 offices, equipped in accordance with modern requirements, conducted retraining of specialists. In the framework of the national cancer program was upgraded cancer service, more than 100 new facilities, renovated and furnished with modern medical equipment more than 4 million existing. In addition, a system was developed to provide medical care for road injury, established and equipped more than 300 trauma centres. The most effective (in reducing mortality) was exactly this program.

Officially recognized successful, and other Federal programs, although the target results were not achieved. So, in five years the death rate from cancer declined by 1% versus the expected 4%.Experts insisted on the continuation of the state program on Oncology, which was decided only a small part of the problem of equipment not all of oncorine in the country. However, the Ministry of health each time answered that the further development of the industry provided in numerous other documents of the Agency. After losing seven years, the authorities returned to this issue.

As told reporters at a briefing after a meeting of the Council the Minister of health Veronika Skvortsova, before the Ministry has the task to form a total alertness to cancer in primary care, to re-equip more than 100 regional institutions, to create conditions of oncologic service within outpatient.In addition, in the framework of the project the Fight against cancer will be a network of proton centers the most innovative part of nuclear medicine, and a network of reference centres for the second expert opinions on the most complex diagnostic methods. A separate part of the program dedicated to the elimination of skills shortages in onkologie, including engineering staff specialists, which can develop radiology.

The programme for combating cardiovascular disease involves the upgrading of the entire network of primary vascular branches, regional centers and rehabilitation departments, an increase of at least two times the volume of endovascular interventions, stenting, angioplasty in acute coronary syndrome.

Among other areas of the project: improvement of medical care to children, including creation of modern infrastructure of this assistance, addressing staff shortages, the development of national medical research centres, the creation of a single digital circuit in the health and development of telemedicine. As well as the export of medical services, the revenue from which is expected to reach one billion dollars per year.

But, above all, a national project dedicated to improving the availability, quality and comfort of primary health care, it’s his first direction, said Skvortsova.By 2021, the planned construction of over 360 new health facilities for small settlements, increase of population coverage with regular health examinations, introduction of new technologies, the so-called lean clinics. With regard to staffing levels, but the health Ministry hopes to bring the rate of Russian staffing of health facilities to 95%.

The planned financing 1.3 trillion should be enough for all tasks of the National project, I’m sure Skvortsova. And in order to avoid distortions in its implementation, developed 85 separate projects for each region, taking into account the peculiarities and needs of each of them. If in the end everything will be implemented as planned, the Russian medicine will go to another level, and these changes will feel every Russian, said the Minister.

Irina Reznik