On 23 January 2023, the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic approved the strategic framework for general outpatient care reform by 2030. The 2030 general outpatient care strategy is the starting point for the general outpatient care reform. It aims to propose measures aimed at strengthening general outpatient care in the Slovak Republic. The priority areas for the implementation of the proposed actions for 2030 are:
- public optimal network and accessibility,
- strengthening the competences of general practitioners and primary paediatricians,
- strengthening the competences of nurses and new forms of cooperation,
- education and attractiveness of the profession by a general practitioner,
- reducing administrative burden,
- financing.
The document was created in close cooperation with the main experts of the MZ SR for general medicine and for general care of children and adolescents, representatives of the Slovak Society of General Practice Medicine of the Slovak Medical Society, Slovak Society of Primary Paediatric Care of the Slovak Medical Society, representatives of the Slovak Chamber of Nurses and Midwives, representatives of the Slovak Chamber of Pharmacists, representatives of the Association of Private Doctors of the Slovak Republic, Society of General Doctors of Slovakia, Association of Outpatient Providers, Association of General Doctors for Adults, Representatives of Self-governing Regions, Representatives of Health Insurance Companies, Representatives of Health Regions and other professional colleagues of MZ SR and the health sector in Slovak Republic and abroad. The material was created under the auspices of the European Commission's Structural Reform Support Programme.
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General outpatient care strategy up to 2030