Communication of the outcome of the petition

Pet 5/2022

The petitioner shall: Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic

Name of the petition:
A petition for the Svidnícka hospital
In view of the fact that the planned proposal to optimise the hospital network within Slovak Republic will not guarantee access to health care in primary the catchment area of the Hospital arm. gen. L. Svoboda Svidník, a. s. and vice versa deepens regional differences, we ask the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic for maintaining the regional character of the hospital with the provision of acute health care.

It's quare: No.

Number of persons supporting the petition: over 16,000

Date of delivery: 26.10.2021

Date of equipment: 27.01.2022

Type of equipment: Paragraph 5 (6) of Law No 85/1990 Coll. on petitioning law in Text later - not evaluated

Reason for equipment:

On 26.10.2021 were to the mail office MZ Slovakia received three packages marked as A petition for the Svidnícka hospitaladdressed to MZ SR, on which the sender was named City of Svidník, Soviet heroes 200/33, 089 01 Svidník. Health Minister's office has advanced documentation of substance received within the meaning of the organisation order of the MZ Slovakia, in its current version for the operation of the Unit of Control, Supervision and Complaints in cooperation with the section on the reform agenda.

Control, Supervision and Complaints Unit (hereinafter referred to as "ÚKDaS') as an organisational unit competent for dealing with complaints and petitions within the scope of the MZ SR received the shipment and received it the opening found that it contains 1042 petition sheets in documentary form an original copy marked "Peticia za svidníckej hospital" with with the following text: hospitals within the Slovak Republic will not guarantee access to health care care in the basic catchment area of the Hospital arm. gen. L. Svoboda Svidník, a.s. and vice versa will deepen regional differences, we ask the Ministry Health of the Slovak Republic for maintaining regional character hospitals providing acute health care and a list of 2 977 people, which supported the petition electronically on the website www.peticia.com.

A CCP after assessing the content and formal details of the 1 042 petition sheets received in paper form designated as the "Peticia" of the Svidnícka hospital and a list of 2977 persons who support the petition electronically, in the context of the provisions of Paragraph 3 (3), § 4a (5); 6, § 5 (1) of Law No 85/1990 Coll. on petition law, as amended the regulations (hereinafter referred to as the "Petic Law Act') registered with the documentation in the Special Registry Report 2021 as a petition under the Regulation. Pet 11/2021, however, found that the petition contained certain shortcomings. Based on by letter dated 29.10.2021, the Slovak Ministry of Health requested pursuant to § 5 (4) of the Act petition law The town of Svidník as petitioner about the removal of identified shortcomings within the specified legal deadline and with guidance. City of Svidník by a representative within the meaning of the Law on Petitions, removed the identified shortcomings on the date of their delivery of MZ SR namely 26.11.2021 and petition was in the report Registrations in 2022 renumbered as Pet 5/2022.

Given that the petition has the nature of the application, MZ SR is obliged to make a petition within the meaning of § 5 Paragraph 6 of the Law on Petitions, in which, if the content of the petition indicates that the petition cannot be dealt with under paragraph 5; the execution of the petition containing the application or proposal shall assess its content and send it a written reply, together with a statement of reasons, to the representative within the period referred to in paragraph 5, i.e. until 30 working days after the correction of its deficiencies pursuant to paragraph 4.

Under Paragraph 5 (5) of the Law on petition law in particularly complex cases, competent public authority inform the representative in writing that the petition will be dealt with within 60 days at the latest; working days. At the same time, given that the petition was supported by With the signatures of more than 10,000 persons, MZ SR is obliged to proceed with its handling and within the meaning of Paragraph 5d (1) of the Law on Petitions, in which case, The petition shall be supported by at least 10 000 persons, discussed by the competent public authority, for the whole territory of the Slovak Republic with a representative and a petition the Committee.

In view of the above the facts of the Slovak Republic as a public authority competent for the execution the petition in question by a separate letter dated 04.01.2022, in accordance with the provisions of § 5 in conjunction with Section 5d of the Law on Petitions, it informed the representative that The petition shall be dealt with within 60 working days of the date on which it is removed. deficiencies corrected by letter of the representative of 18.11.2021 received MZ SR on 26.11.2021. Pursuant to Paragraph 5d (1) of the Law on Petitions, representatives MZ SR discussed the petition with a representative within the meaning of the petition law on 18.01.2022.

We would like to begin by saying that We started the summer 2021, after the first phase of analysis, started communication with Hospitals about the upcoming Optimal Network of Hospitals. We graduated with hospitals meeting to listen to the specificities of individual hospitals; and regions. The findings were then taken into account in the results of the current analyses. Hospital networks and we plan to take them into account when modelling the optimal network. We also attended such a meeting with representatives of the hospital in Svidník.

Petitions of citizens of the region around We take Svidník with full seriousness, the suggestions made in the petition and the suggestions, We will look at all the factors mentioned above during the negotiations. we will take into account when creating optimal network of hospitals and categorization institutional care.

At the same time, we would like to point out the fact that in the law on the categorisation of institutional health care and change; and the addition of certain laws approved by Members on 14.12.2021 The National Council of the Slovak Republic states that the optimal network of hospitals itself will be to be completed only at the end of 2022. First conditions must be clearly defined categorisation of institutional healthcare. For these reasons, possible position on specific hospitals and their position in the network.

Our goal is to improve quality health care provision throughout Slovakia, but also we want to support what already works well. Our aim is to support and maintain departments that ensure quality healthcare, and at the same time there is a demand for the healthcare in question in the region.

During 2022, before optimal network of hospitals finalized, we plan communication with representatives individual hospitals and thus with representatives of the hospital in Svidník to intensify and together in detail disassemble input data, spectrum of performance, problems of regions, etc.

Sending a written answer to the representative of MZ SR considers the petition to be provided in accordance with § 5 (6) of the Act on petitioning right.

Place: Bratislava– Date:2 February 2022