National project
Call under the operational programme (Human Resources-NP-2022/8.1.1./RO-01)
Managing Authority: Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of SR
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Name of the national project: Strengthening long-term health care
Amount of non-recoverable financial contribution: EUR 40 137 691,79
Period of project implementation: 1.1.022-31.12.2023
Project beneficiary: Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic
The project is co-financed by the European Union from European Social Fund resources through the Human Resources Operational Programme.
Project objectives and activities:
The main objective of the national project is to reflect on the long-term outstanding issue of long-term health care and palliative health care within the Slovak Republic, mainly through outpatient care, by increasing and subsequent sustainability of the capacities in the health system and by piloting the system provision of long-term and palliative health care. The aim of the national project is also to pilot the system provision of long-term and palliative healthcare to qualified personnel in outpatient health facilities – in mobile hospices and home nursing agencies. The final impact will be on the inhabitants of Slovakia (no regional differences) who are dependent on long-term and/or palliative healthcare. Increasing the number of medical staff and helping professions will ensure closer and more frequent contact with persons with the need for long-term or palliative healthcare and its family members, and thus prevent and reduce the number of acute conditions dealt with by subsequent hospitalization in acute beds. Co-operation with the Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Slovak Republic will increase the availability of long-term and palliative health care, which should also increase the quality of life of these people.
Activity No.1 "Support for the stability and professionalism of long-term and palliative healthcare staff
The objective of the sub-activity will be to increase the professionalism of health workers and assisting professions in order to provide higher quality services to persons in long-term and palliative healthcare. The essence of this sub-activity is mainly to stabilise current employees and to increase the motivation of both existing and new entrants.
Sub-activity No 2 " Support for expert capacity in installations (ADOS, MOHO)
The implementation of the activity will contribute to the stabilisation and job creation of health professionals in mobile hospices (MOHO) and home nursing agencies (DOS), which is expected to have a positive impact on the expansion of interest in the use and provision of home care.
Subactivity No. 3 - Collection and analysis of long-term health and palliative care data
The sub-activity will focus on the system's collection and evaluation of information, which will be the basis for defining measurable indicators at national level and at the same time entering sub-activity 1.
Project information will be implemented in accordance with the Information and Communication Manual for beneficiaries under the European Structural and Investment Funds