The report prepared by the Ministry of Health entitled “Comprehensive overview of options for establishing long-term care centres and geriatric wards in district hospitals in Poland” complements the achievement of the milestone D1L of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan within the measure D1.2 Increasing the efficiency, availability and quality of long-term care services of healthcare providers at district level.
The review was published on the website of the Ministry of Health on June 30th 2022. In course of the following consultations with the European Commission the review has been modified. The final version of the review will be posted on the website of the Ministry of Health before sending the payment request.
The document identifies the areas of functioning of health care facilities that allow the transformation of existing resources into long-term care centers or geriatric wards. The assumptions of the analysis and the organization of the provision of health services in the discussed areas were presented, as well as human resources and infrastructure potential were analyzed. The demand for long-term and geriatric care services and the demographic and social factors affecting it were discussed. A comparative analysis of supply and demand was performed, as well as an assessment of the possibility of transforming hospital wards, along with an indication of the directions of actions to be taken in the first place.
The document in particular examines the possible ways to:
Act of 6 December 2006 Principles of the Development Policy Dz.U. /Journal of Laws/ of 2021, item 1057.
The review is in line with the annex “Deinstitutionalisation strategy: care for the elderly” to the document “Healthy Future. Strategic framework for the development of the health care system for the years 2021-2027, with the perspective until 2030” (adopted by Resolution No. 196/2021 of the Council of Ministers of 27 December 2021)
