In addition to gradually increasing salaries, facilitation skills and support for beginning nursing studies announced Health Minister Cezary Cieślukowski. According to the ministry until 2017. Nurses’ salaries could be increased by approx. 20 percent.
Cieślukowski Cezary Deputy Minister of Health admitted that the current situation of nursing environment is difficult, and one of the main problems is too low salary. – This is a problem that the de facto result that do not choose this profession new people – Deputy Minister.
The Ministry of Health plans to support undergraduate nursing education. Nursing and midwifery direction would be co-financed from the state budget and European funds. The project also involves close cooperation with future employers and operators of health care and a system of scholarships for students.
The Ministry plans to spend on these measures approx. 300 million zł, hoping that in the next few years nursing studies additionally take over 10 thousand. people. Currently, every year this direction ends of 4 thousand. to 6 thousand. people.
Deputy Minister admitted that the problem is also the lack of willingness to work in the profession for those leaving nursing studies. According to Cieślukowskiego, “supplement to this potential gap in the middle frame hospitals may be a growing number of people who take training in the profession of medical caretaker” .
Another challenge, facing the Ministry of Health, it is – according to the deputy minister – the creation of training opportunities for nurses and midwives.
As noted Cieślukowski, Democratic Left Alliance deputy minister at a meeting in late April presented an environment of nursing response to demands raised by them. May 8 sent by the Ministry nursing organizations a proposal in writing and is currently being assessed.
– The next step will be a joint meeting, where we will have to talk about the details, that is, which of these proposed solutions are acceptable to be developed, which should be changed – said the deputy minister.
The nearest MZ talks with representatives of the nursing planned for approx. 22 May.
According to calculations Ministry ultimately on contracting nursing services could be allocated the amount of approx. 1.5 billion zł per year – from 2017. Gradual investigation into this ceiling would start in September this year. He said Cieślukowski, these actions would increase the average salary of nurses by approx. 20 percent.
The Chairwoman of the Supreme Council of Nurses and Midwives (NIPiP) Grazyna Rogala-Pawelczyk, commenting on the proposals of the Ministry of Health, admitted that ” for the first time in a long time are proposals that should be considered “. She added, however, that nurses want to be sure that their demands will be met, and the resort allocate adequate resources.
As said Rogala-Pawelczyk, nurses are the main problem of low wages and difficult working conditions. – Nurses have set three conditions: we want to work according to their qualifications, we want to position where these skills we can use and we want to have money for it. Nothing else we do not want – she added.
Nurses and midwives for a long time declare their dissatisfaction with the situation of occupational groups. Among the postulates of the National Trade Union of Nurses and Midwives include determine the necessary number of nurses and midwives in individual departments with contracting health services with the NFZ (as is the case for doctors), as well as salary increases.
OZZPiP calls for a reduction of administrative work load of nurses and another that It is not assigned to the profession – to work directly with the patient. Calls also protect the working time of nurses in healthcare units through a contract of employment.
On Tuesday, the International Nurses Day, in the health care establishments nurses and midwives will conduct a two-hour warning strike. Where the strike will not, planned other forms of protest.
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