The Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic has announced the call for expansion and renewal of the capacity of residential palliative care - extension and renewal of the capacity of the palliative care department. The call is addressed to institutional healthcare providers included in the current list of categorised hospitals. The call is published on the following websitehttps://ispo.planrenovy.sk/app/challenges/616588178082410496. Candidates can send their requests from 9.9.2024.
–On the health resort, we realize that population ageing brings with it many health complications and often man's dependence on helping others. At the same time, we are thinking of patients and their families who are struggling with serious diseases and need to alleviate suffering or ensure the best quality of life possible in the situation. This is also why we call for the support of palliative care to help these groups,The Minister for Health, Zuzana Dolink, approached.
The aim of the call is to create palliative departments and palliative beds in hospitals through the reconstruction of already existing beds, which will be released after the reorganisation of the hospital network. At the same time, we want to fill the optimal network of palliative departments that will provide this care in accordance with the concept and new law on long-term and palliative care.
This is a recurring challenge where the allocated allocation has not been exhausted. There are several changes to the first call, for example:

The assessment criteria are included this time directly in the call document. After a new application, the form of the FIFO system is applied, i.e. first in first out.
The indicative amount of the resources of the mechanism for the call isEUR 4 994 234, VAT excluded.