The Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Pricing has calculated that next year the state will spend PLN 18.5 billion to increase the salaries of doctors. Minimum.
“This amount will be even higher, because the minimum wage in health care (the law on the matter came into force in July) is linked to the average wage in the economy. This, in turn, will increase due to inflation” – writes “DGP”.
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Extra money for health is not enough for everyone
As part of the Tripartite Health Protection Team, which operates in Ministry of Healthand is made up of government officials, service employees and employers, it was agreed that “the increase in public health expenditure from 2023 should be halved“. Part for wages, the other part for improving access to care.
This means that Poland will spend more than half of the additional funds for health care next year on higher salaries for doctors. To the detriment of patients, although it must be remembered that the absence of increases worsens staffing shortages in hospitals. Unless there are additional funds in the budget.
“If the government wanted to maintain an equal distribution of funds for salaries and increased accessibility, it should either increase public spending on health (e.g. through a subsidy from the state budget to the National Health Fund), or cut a significant part of the funds currently available for hospitals” – he comments for “DGP” Wojciech Wiśniewski, member of the trilateral team.
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