WEBVTT 00:00:05.608 --> 00:00:09.486 Welcome to the press conference. 00:00:09.801 --> 00:00:14.453 Matej Arčon will summarize the session first. 00:00:14.736 --> 00:00:17.986 Thank you. Hello, ladies and gentlemen. 00:00:18.152 --> 00:00:21.462 The beginning of the meeting was very promising. 00:00:21.643 --> 00:00:26.602 The mayor praised our work in the past 00:00:26.722 --> 00:00:31.766 and our future plans for the development of this region. 00:00:32.112 --> 00:00:35.796 We started discussing 00:00:35.917 --> 00:00:39.687 the closing of Velenje coalmine. 00:00:39.807 --> 00:00:43.898 Minister Novak presented 00:00:44.018 --> 00:00:49.386 very demanding and hard negotiations between all actors. 00:00:49.748 --> 00:00:55.100 The closing is important for future measures we will adopt. 00:00:55.220 --> 00:00:59.131 It is important for the employees and trade unions 00:00:59.251 --> 00:01:03.674 because we are coordinating the act with them, and the municipalities 00:01:03.794 --> 00:01:05.886 where the coalmine is located. 00:01:06.006 --> 00:01:11.153 The minister will explain all the details. 00:01:11.273 --> 00:01:15.164 We passed the act from the health ministry 00:01:15.284 --> 00:01:20.586 that Valentina Prevolnik Rupel will present. 00:01:20.831 --> 00:01:24.920 When we were changing the act, we focused 00:01:25.140 --> 00:01:28.756 on absenteeism from work 00:01:28.876 --> 00:01:34.253 because of illness and on measures for controlling it. 00:01:34.848 --> 00:01:40.154 We cooperated with the Health Insurance Institute 00:01:40.274 --> 00:01:43.920 when preparing the act and we want 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:47.286 to curb the absenteeism 00:01:47.407 --> 00:01:51.186 with the measures the minister will present. 00:01:51.611 --> 00:01:54.017 We talked about the wine act again 00:01:54.137 --> 00:02:00.024 that we already presented at the previous terrain session 00:02:00.180 --> 00:02:02.899 in Vipava and Goriška region. 00:02:03.151 --> 00:02:07.886 We were just talking about technical corrections. 00:02:08.482 --> 00:02:11.810 Last time, we were in one wine region, today, we are in the city 00:02:11.930 --> 00:02:15.264 with the oldest vine in the world. We passed the act 00:02:15.384 --> 00:02:18.873 with the content we already presented 00:02:18.993 --> 00:02:24.486 and we sent the act to the Parliament. 00:02:25.644 --> 00:02:29.753 Minister Jevšek presented 00:02:29.951 --> 00:02:32.786 changes to the cohesion programme 00:02:33.312 --> 00:02:36.964 which is good news for Maribor. 00:02:37.084 --> 00:02:39.677 The government decided 00:02:39.797 --> 00:02:44.053 to allocate €9 million to the Rotovž project. 00:02:44.173 --> 00:02:50.755 With this contribution, we want to establish 00:02:50.876 --> 00:02:55.728 Maribor as an important cultural centre 00:02:55.848 --> 00:02:57.738 and develop the whole area. 00:02:57.859 --> 00:03:03.160 This is one of the most important pieces of news 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:09.553 for the city. The minister will explain the details. 00:03:10.274 --> 00:03:16.013 The last point was 00:03:16.134 --> 00:03:18.249 the signing of the letter of intent 00:03:18.666 --> 00:03:22.453 between the Ministry of Public Administration and Maribor 00:03:22.658 --> 00:03:28.120 regarding exchanging real estates 00:03:29.817 --> 00:03:36.653 of the Textile Institute and Račji Dvor Castle. 00:03:37.679 --> 00:03:41.853 We will give them to the municipality 00:03:41.973 --> 00:03:45.640 and we will get a part of the nursing home 00:03:45.760 --> 00:03:52.053 and land where will be able to expand it. 00:03:52.603 --> 00:03:57.356 This is just the letter of intent. We have to assess the value 00:03:57.477 --> 00:04:04.368 and lead the process according to the law. 00:04:04.566 --> 00:04:08.284 The municipality and the state 00:04:08.722 --> 00:04:13.111 want to solve this issue, 00:04:13.232 --> 00:04:17.811 so that the state will be able to invest in its part 00:04:17.931 --> 00:04:21.335 and the local community in its part. -Thank you. 00:04:21.455 --> 00:04:26.286 Any questions maybe? Other speakers will come later. 00:04:26.640 --> 00:04:32.102 No? Thank you. -Thank you. -I give the floor to Jože Novak, 00:04:32.386 --> 00:04:34.853 the minister of natural resources and spatial planning. 00:04:37.050 --> 00:04:40.120 Hello. -You have important news for Velenje. -Yes. 00:04:40.638 --> 00:04:44.263 I had an important topic on the agenda, 00:04:44.383 --> 00:04:48.753 the proposal of the Act on closing Velenje coalmine. 00:04:49.209 --> 00:04:54.165 We have been preparing this act for years 00:04:54.543 --> 00:04:58.486 and today, we approved it and sent it to the Parliament. 00:04:58.699 --> 00:05:04.253 We want to pass it by the end of our term. 00:05:05.334 --> 00:05:09.982 I brought something special, a miner's cane 00:05:10.532 --> 00:05:15.404 that the leader used to bang on the ceiling 00:05:15.524 --> 00:05:19.853 before digital technology to provide safety. 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:25.586 When I jumped over the animal fur, which is their custom, 00:05:25.877 --> 00:05:29.503 and became an honorary miner, 00:05:29.623 --> 00:05:34.253 we agreed I would bang on the table 00:05:34.443 --> 00:05:38.421 when the act would be passed. I didn't have to bang, 00:05:38.541 --> 00:05:41.886 but we symbolically remembered this. 00:05:42.623 --> 00:05:48.116 What does the act bring? A 20-year closing programme. 00:05:48.516 --> 00:05:52.053 It can last until 2045. 00:05:53.414 --> 00:05:58.601 The act just talks about closing the mine, not mining. 00:05:58.963 --> 00:06:03.986 The mining depends on the needs of Šoštanj Power Plant, 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:11.311 safety of the mine and the number of workers which is already low. 00:06:11.984 --> 00:06:17.553 What are the solutions? A legal framework for closing the mine 00:06:17.790 --> 00:06:23.753 and a liquidation in the end. This is the last mine in Slovenia. 00:06:25.731 --> 00:06:31.876 A detailed programme for closing will be prepared for every year 00:06:31.996 --> 00:06:37.486 and a 20-year programme will be prepared for the operative part. 00:06:38.308 --> 00:06:40.686 Social measures are important. 00:06:40.970 --> 00:06:47.853 Miners will be able to retire early, 00:06:47.973 --> 00:06:53.536 get severance pay, a bonus, they can retrain. This is a big project. 00:06:53.656 --> 00:06:59.200 It is possible to retire five years before you meet the requirements 00:06:59.320 --> 00:07:01.453 and seven years for the disabled 00:07:02.425 --> 00:07:05.571 because it is harder for them to find work. 00:07:05.691 --> 00:07:10.686 It is also possible to buy years or receive the old age pension 00:07:11.110 --> 00:07:17.470 which won't be lower if they are 55 and have worked for 20 years. 00:07:17.801 --> 00:07:23.520 They can get severance pay of two thirds of their yearly pay 00:07:23.780 --> 00:07:26.984 which is not limited, and some other things. 00:07:27.104 --> 00:07:31.351 We coordinated the act with experts, 00:07:31.471 --> 00:07:35.353 the mine leadership and trade unions. 00:07:35.739 --> 00:07:40.679 It is key to have a coordinated act 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:44.120 and I want to thank everyone. 00:07:44.450 --> 00:07:47.686 It was hard, but we reached the end. 00:07:48.212 --> 00:07:54.088 The social dialogue ended well. With this act, 00:07:54.208 --> 00:07:57.253 we made it possible 00:07:57.373 --> 00:08:00.972 for the cohesion ministry 00:08:01.093 --> 00:08:04.586 to prepare the act on restructuring the region 00:08:04.916 --> 00:08:10.881 which will follow. I was in the region for two days. 00:08:11.001 --> 00:08:13.320 I was in Ptuj yesterday 00:08:13.588 --> 00:08:19.886 and we agreed on managing the Drava south from Maribor 00:08:21.147 --> 00:08:23.520 to ensure flood safety 00:08:23.709 --> 00:08:29.953 and to prepare for the renovation of the water plant. 00:08:30.260 --> 00:08:36.286 We will meet again next year. We talked about the money 00:08:36.695 --> 00:08:41.520 they are still waiting for. I encouraged ending the process. 00:08:41.897 --> 00:08:47.675 We talked about our good work 00:08:47.796 --> 00:08:53.479 on cohesion projects that we could continue. 00:08:53.599 --> 00:08:59.553 With minister Jevšek, we will check on the renovation of Rotovž. 00:09:00.172 --> 00:09:03.653 He will tell you 00:09:03.773 --> 00:09:10.518 we agreed on more money and Maribor will be able to finish the project 00:09:10.638 --> 00:09:14.953 we are managing together. -Wait for questions. 00:09:17.197 --> 00:09:21.920 No? Thank you. -Thank you. I give the floor to Aleksander Jevšek 00:09:22.391 --> 00:09:27.586 who will present the measures, adopted today. 00:09:28.260 --> 00:09:31.729 We passed the changes 00:09:31.850 --> 00:09:38.386 of the European cohesion programme 2021-2027. 00:09:38.740 --> 00:09:42.086 We are talking about the period we are in. 00:09:42.472 --> 00:09:46.686 In September, the EU Commission 00:09:46.961 --> 00:09:49.953 passed the changes to the cohesion decree 00:09:50.221 --> 00:09:53.495 and appealed to the member states 00:09:53.715 --> 00:09:59.553 to find 10% we will allocate 00:09:59.769 --> 00:10:02.010 for new, specific objectives, 00:10:02.163 --> 00:10:06.290 which are competitiveness, energy transition and energy security. 00:10:06.556 --> 00:10:09.443 defence and security or dual use, 00:10:09.636 --> 00:10:12.256 availability and sustainability of the housing. 00:10:12.550 --> 00:10:17.263 Together with the Ministries we have made an effort 00:10:17.483 --> 00:10:21.103 and in a relatively short time found the finances 00:10:21.230 --> 00:10:26.916 that aren't active, but they will be until the end of the cohesion period. 00:10:27.156 --> 00:10:31.383 And we could transfer them and use them, 00:10:31.530 --> 00:10:35.150 so none of the projects is being abolished or interrupted, 00:10:35.256 --> 00:10:39.323 but we are transferring the funds that are active 00:10:39.510 --> 00:10:41.383 and can be transferred. 00:10:42.503 --> 00:10:46.010 Why did we decide to amend the Regulation? 00:10:46.190 --> 00:10:51.783 If the Commission adopts it until 31st of December... 00:10:51.923 --> 00:10:56.130 In Maribor today there is a committee for monitoring 00:10:56.250 --> 00:10:58.399 a European Cohesion policy 2021-2027 00:10:58.519 --> 00:11:01.470 with the European Commission's representatives. 00:11:01.716 --> 00:11:05.370 We are receiving certain benefits, 00:11:05.670 --> 00:11:09.776 namely additional advances to 20% for new priorities, 00:11:10.063 --> 00:11:13.230 one-time advance of 1.5%, 00:11:14.270 --> 00:11:17.870 for 93 million lower financial milestone for 2026 00:11:18.203 --> 00:11:22.503 and the most important thing, if we fulfill these objectives, 00:11:22.676 --> 00:11:26.210 which are the reason that we've adopted this amendment, 00:11:26.403 --> 00:11:30.923 then a cohesion period 2021-2027 is going to be extended 00:11:31.070 --> 00:11:33.503 until the end of 2030. 00:11:34.276 --> 00:11:38.783 We have allocated the transfer for an objective of policy 1, 00:11:38.916 --> 00:11:41.696 a strategic technological platform, 00:11:42.050 --> 00:11:45.890 which means a higher competitiveness and innovation in economy, 00:11:46.130 --> 00:11:48.330 €53.5 million. 00:11:48.576 --> 00:11:53.130 For energy transition €57.7 million. 00:11:53.390 --> 00:11:56.796 Dual-use €81.4 million. 00:11:56.990 --> 00:12:01.056 Let me emphasize here, these are mainly investments in healthcare, 00:12:01.230 --> 00:12:07.083 primarily in the eastern Slovenia and partly in the western region. 00:12:07.503 --> 00:12:10.796 For an objective of policy 4, which is available housing, 00:12:10.990 --> 00:12:13.436 €41.9 million, 00:12:13.736 --> 00:12:18.670 and maybe an even better news, as the Deputy Prime Minister said, 00:12:18.816 --> 00:12:25.336 this is not 9 million for the new strategically important operation, 00:12:25.456 --> 00:12:28.036 which we have included in the amendment, 00:12:28.230 --> 00:12:30.436 because of the centre Rotovž, 00:12:30.676 --> 00:12:33.150 the amount is 21 million. 00:12:33.263 --> 00:12:37.250 9 million from a cohesion, 9 million from a security net 00:12:37.343 --> 00:12:39.416 and 3 million from the integral funds. 00:12:39.556 --> 00:12:43.863 Again, we are allocating 21 million funds for amendments in programme 00:12:44.090 --> 00:12:46.230 for centre Rotovž. 00:12:47.570 --> 00:12:52.483 I would like to say that in Maribor we are financing from cohesion funds 00:12:52.643 --> 00:12:58.156 quite a few important projects that we are going to visit today. 00:12:59.030 --> 00:13:03.283 I think one of the most important is a project Innovum, 00:13:03.450 --> 00:13:05.356 a project of the University in Maribor. 00:13:05.523 --> 00:13:08.976 We have worked hard for two years together with the University 00:13:09.050 --> 00:13:13.290 and the Ministry of Science and Technology 00:13:13.450 --> 00:13:16.616 to lay the first foundation stone today, 00:13:16.803 --> 00:13:20.123 so things finally moved from a deadlock. 00:13:21.290 --> 00:13:24.503 As far as the whole region of Podravje is concerned, 00:13:24.643 --> 00:13:26.696 I can say that we are very satisfied 00:13:26.863 --> 00:13:29.163 with the disbursement of Interreg funds, 00:13:29.263 --> 00:13:31.856 of an agreement for a regional development, 00:13:32.063 --> 00:13:35.350 because municipalities had prepared the projects well 00:13:35.563 --> 00:13:37.976 and everything was set in motion. 00:13:38.096 --> 00:13:40.590 As far as money is concerned in the field of cohesion, 00:13:40.730 --> 00:13:45.203 we have now from €3.2 billion of the available budget 00:13:45.336 --> 00:13:48.983 for €2.2 billion decisions about support 00:13:49.216 --> 00:13:52.630 and the predictions have been proving true 00:13:52.943 --> 00:13:56.436 that we shall in the middle of the cohesion period launch 00:13:56.856 --> 00:14:00.530 the whole process and that after all, 00:14:00.690 --> 00:14:03.563 whether it will be in the year 2030, as I've mentioned, 00:14:03.856 --> 00:14:06.890 reach the point which is our primary objective, 00:14:07.103 --> 00:14:12.836 not to leave a cent of the European money in the European treasury. 00:14:13.356 --> 00:14:18.590 Thank you. Any questions? Go ahead. Introduce yourself, please. 00:14:18.809 --> 00:14:22.570 Janez Krušič of RTV. Just to make it clear. 00:14:22.816 --> 00:14:24.856 When Maribor gets more money, 00:14:25.083 --> 00:14:28.323 do other municipalities get less or you didn't interfere here? -No. 00:14:28.450 --> 00:14:34.543 It's about transferring some funds from bigger projects 00:14:34.843 --> 00:14:39.590 that are still pending from one reason or another. 00:14:40.416 --> 00:14:43.530 We are talking about bigger infrastructure projects 00:14:43.756 --> 00:14:48.003 and we are giving a part of the European money for active projects, 00:14:48.290 --> 00:14:51.263 where the European funds are already being implemented. 00:14:51.423 --> 00:14:57.370 When those projects, where we've temporarily taken the money, 00:14:57.556 --> 00:15:01.656 will be launched, then we will search for funds in the projects 00:15:01.836 --> 00:15:06.876 that won't be fulfilled until the year 2030. 00:15:07.696 --> 00:15:11.503 In the past we have seen that the whole package 00:15:11.676 --> 00:15:15.790 of the cohesion projects is never completely finished 00:15:15.923 --> 00:15:20.410 for one reason or another when trying to realise a project. 00:15:20.656 --> 00:15:24.216 Another question? Thank you, Minister. Have a nice day. 00:15:24.490 --> 00:15:27.883 Now Minister of Health Valentina Prevolnik Rupel will come. 00:15:28.283 --> 00:15:32.930 As the Minister said, the topics from your field were important. 00:15:34.176 --> 00:15:37.036 Thank you. The government has discussed 00:15:37.203 --> 00:15:39.710 two draft laws from the field of healthcare. 00:15:39.836 --> 00:15:45.443 The first one is for additional intervention measures in healthcare 00:15:45.543 --> 00:15:49.576 and the other is a draft law on health care and midwifery. 00:15:49.803 --> 00:15:54.550 A draft law on health care in midwifery is an organic law, 00:15:54.843 --> 00:15:57.083 which is systematically regulating an area 00:15:57.183 --> 00:16:01.610 that hasn't been regulated by one law. 00:16:01.943 --> 00:16:06.610 That's why we will send this law to the Economic and Social Council, 00:16:06.776 --> 00:16:08.396 where this will be discussed. 00:16:08.543 --> 00:16:14.463 And the law on additional intervention measures in healthcare 00:16:14.643 --> 00:16:19.376 will be introduced to the Economic and Social Council as well. 00:16:19.863 --> 00:16:24.203 A draft law on the additional intervention measures in healthcare 00:16:24.323 --> 00:16:26.796 is bringing various solutions in more areas. 00:16:27.056 --> 00:16:30.790 I would like to name a few most important ones. 00:16:31.536 --> 00:16:36.823 First, the law is introducing certain measures for controlling absenteeism. 00:16:37.076 --> 00:16:40.483 Absenteeism is a big problem in Slovenia. 00:16:40.636 --> 00:16:45.863 It takes a lot of money and in the number of days, 00:16:46.143 --> 00:16:50.610 where people are absent from work because of sickness, 00:16:50.756 --> 00:16:54.376 we are among the first in Europe. 00:16:55.796 --> 00:17:00.043 The measures that this Intervention Act is bringing are 00:17:00.170 --> 00:17:04.843 that it introduces lay control at the statutory level. 00:17:05.070 --> 00:17:08.363 The health insurance fund is already doing lay control, 00:17:08.496 --> 00:17:12.496 but this wasn't regulated at the statutory level. Now it is. 00:17:12.750 --> 00:17:15.403 It regulates the movement arrangement, 00:17:15.550 --> 00:17:23.083 which will be presented to the patient and the employer. 00:17:23.910 --> 00:17:26.996 It regulates the possibility of canceling the compensation 00:17:27.130 --> 00:17:29.996 in the case of abusing the sick leave 00:17:30.163 --> 00:17:33.266 which is enhancing responsibility of the insured party 00:17:33.426 --> 00:17:37.580 when they are pursuing their rights for compensation 00:17:37.766 --> 00:17:40.686 because of sick leave. 00:17:41.476 --> 00:17:45.090 Secondly, an important measure is also 00:17:45.323 --> 00:17:48.776 that an Intervention Act is providing an assurance 00:17:48.923 --> 00:17:53.656 of additional funds for hospitals with cumulative losses 00:17:53.850 --> 00:18:00.170 because of long improper evaluations of hospital cares. 00:18:00.323 --> 00:18:04.370 The situation is that with the 1st of January 2026 00:18:04.490 --> 00:18:07.783 we have introduced a new system, 00:18:07.990 --> 00:18:11.816 new groups of comparable cases or new weights 00:18:12.016 --> 00:18:15.823 for individual treatments in acute hospital care 00:18:16.036 --> 00:18:18.270 that are being evaluated differently. 00:18:18.383 --> 00:18:23.616 But for quite some time, years the acute treatment, 00:18:24.683 --> 00:18:30.350 when the system wasn't revised, didn't reflect the real costs 00:18:30.543 --> 00:18:34.716 of the hospital treatments. With the measure we will provide funds 00:18:34.870 --> 00:18:38.603 that the hospitals can pay outstanding liabilities 00:18:39.350 --> 00:18:46.116 or loans that some of them took from the Treasury. 00:18:46.990 --> 00:18:49.196 So they could stay in business. 00:18:49.350 --> 00:18:53.283 We will achieve more stable business of the public Healthcare Institutions 00:18:53.416 --> 00:18:55.876 and maintain accessibility, 00:18:56.083 --> 00:18:59.376 so the patients can access the healthcare services 00:18:59.616 --> 00:19:02.943 and a quality of the hospital care for residents. 00:19:03.376 --> 00:19:07.570 A draft law permits an additional option of concluding contracts 00:19:07.770 --> 00:19:11.863 for cooperation between healthcare providers 00:19:12.063 --> 00:19:15.836 in the public healthcare network and a private healthcare provider. 00:19:15.996 --> 00:19:20.070 If this is a dental technician, an orthotic, a prosthetist 00:19:20.283 --> 00:19:26.050 or an optician and optometry for maximum of 12 months. 00:19:27.763 --> 00:19:31.890 With this law we are also regulating financing of mentor allowance 00:19:32.003 --> 00:19:36.676 from the budget, which wasn't regulated for many years. 00:19:36.803 --> 00:19:39.943 The employees are already entitled to get it 00:19:40.183 --> 00:19:42.976 and it's written in the collective agreement, 00:19:43.076 --> 00:19:47.303 but the source of financing this wasn't regulated. 00:19:47.916 --> 00:19:51.323 For regulating the situation in emergency medicine 00:19:51.443 --> 00:19:55.290 the act is establishing a financial incentive for choosing 00:19:55.696 --> 00:20:00.443 this specialization. I'm sure that we will with this and other measures 00:20:00.586 --> 00:20:04.100 that we have adopted in other draft acts, 00:20:04.184 --> 00:20:06.101 such as the Medical Services Draft Act, 00:20:06.184 --> 00:20:10.547 which stipulates that emergency medicine specialists 00:20:10.675 --> 00:20:15.988 can retain their job or salary grade after fifteen years 00:20:16.072 --> 00:20:20.997 and change their specialization to family medicine. 00:20:21.341 --> 00:20:23.641 I believe that all these measures 00:20:23.724 --> 00:20:27.407 will increase interest in this specialization and enrollment. 00:20:27.490 --> 00:20:29.721 You know that only one candidate applied 00:20:29.804 --> 00:20:34.720 for the fall call for specializations in emergency medicine. 00:20:34.841 --> 00:20:40.308 We are also extending some measures from previous intervention acts 00:20:40.391 --> 00:20:42.858 that have proven to be effective, 00:20:42.941 --> 00:20:46.386 such as the transfer of certain competences 00:20:46.469 --> 00:20:50.136 of the selected personal physician to nurses, 00:20:50.307 --> 00:20:54.471 or a uniform level of the Slovenian language proficiency, 00:20:54.554 --> 00:20:59.420 B2, for foreign workers. 00:20:59.609 --> 00:21:05.990 We are introducing B1 Slovenian language proficiency 00:21:06.074 --> 00:21:08.074 for nursing assistants. 00:21:08.507 --> 00:21:12.016 Thank you. Any questions? Go ahead. 00:21:12.216 --> 00:21:14.600 Maybe RTV. 00:21:16.632 --> 00:21:18.965 Thank you. Janez Krušič, RTV. 00:21:19.244 --> 00:21:22.775 I have several questions. 00:21:22.859 --> 00:21:26.697 The first one. What exactly are you introducing 00:21:26.781 --> 00:21:30.467 in the area of monitoring sick leave? You've said why. 00:21:30.550 --> 00:21:33.439 How will it relieve the burden on the health insurance budget 00:21:33.522 --> 00:21:38.689 and what will happen in case of violation? Will there be fines? 00:21:39.772 --> 00:21:44.347 In the area of absenteeism, 00:21:44.431 --> 00:21:48.203 we have prepared short-term, medium-term, 00:21:48.287 --> 00:21:52.735 and long-term measures, some of which did not require legislative changes 00:21:52.818 --> 00:21:57.485 and can be implemented by the Health Insurance Institute. 00:21:57.647 --> 00:22:01.767 We are introducing those that need legislative changes, 00:22:01.850 --> 00:22:06.481 which is mainly to legalize lay supervision. 00:22:06.957 --> 00:22:12.657 Fines for certain violations are specified in the Act. 00:22:13.610 --> 00:22:15.894 If there is a violation, 00:22:15.978 --> 00:22:22.751 sick leave compensation can be withdrawn. 00:22:23.050 --> 00:22:26.903 The movement regime is determined. 00:22:27.110 --> 00:22:31.930 The doctor prescribes to the insured person with a specific illness 00:22:32.013 --> 00:22:37.494 what regime of activities is best for their recovery. 00:22:37.638 --> 00:22:42.211 If a violation of these provisions is found during an inspection, 00:22:42.294 --> 00:22:48.288 there is an appropriate fine or sanction specified in the Act. 00:22:48.572 --> 00:22:54.103 The intervention act also proposes 00:22:56.335 --> 00:23:01.251 that no gainful activity may be performed during sick leave. 00:23:02.725 --> 00:23:04.405 I think that's all. 00:23:05.981 --> 00:23:09.428 You've already explained lay supervisors. 00:23:09.522 --> 00:23:12.544 How many will you employ? 00:23:12.788 --> 00:23:16.435 You said sick leaves are a big problem. 00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:21.485 If there's more of them, how much more? 00:23:21.824 --> 00:23:27.010 Why is there a €1000 gross allowance for emergency medicine trainees? 00:23:27.093 --> 00:23:30.054 What do you want to achieve with this? 00:23:30.137 --> 00:23:38.009 Lay supervisors are already employed at the Health Insurance Institute. 00:23:38.242 --> 00:23:42.743 I think the director employed a few more last year, 00:23:42.827 --> 00:23:46.182 and more will probably be needed, depending on how much 00:23:46.265 --> 00:23:50.396 he decides to strengthen this lay supervision. 00:23:50.515 --> 00:23:57.268 In 2025, the plan for lay inspections was already achieved in October, 00:23:57.596 --> 00:24:00.657 so lay inspections have already been carried out. 00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:03.924 What do we want to achieve with this? 00:24:04.008 --> 00:24:07.791 The costs of absenteeism are increasing year on year 00:24:07.874 --> 00:24:11.434 and represent an ever-greater burden on the health insurance budget, 00:24:11.517 --> 00:24:13.978 which, of course, on the other hand, 00:24:14.061 --> 00:24:17.937 reduces funds available for healthcare services. 00:24:18.020 --> 00:24:21.409 What we want to achieve with all these measures 00:24:21.492 --> 00:24:26.702 is to prevent abuse of sick leave. 00:24:26.936 --> 00:24:29.799 That's why we are introducing a movement regime, 00:24:29.882 --> 00:24:34.627 which can be viewed by the employer and the patient 00:24:34.711 --> 00:24:37.961 so that appropriate action can be taken. 00:24:40.199 --> 00:24:44.615 As for incentives for emergency medicine, 00:24:44.699 --> 00:24:50.708 you know that we have a shortage of staff in this field 00:24:51.002 --> 00:24:54.589 because it is a difficult profession. 00:24:54.673 --> 00:24:58.518 We want to ensure a certain stability in the operation of emergency centres. 00:24:58.601 --> 00:25:03.392 A similar incentive has proven to be extremely effective 00:25:03.476 --> 00:25:05.675 in the field of family medicine. 00:25:05.758 --> 00:25:07.800 It was introduced some time ago 00:25:07.883 --> 00:25:11.496 and has led to an increase in the number of family doctors, 00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:17.155 as well as an increase in interest in specializing in family medicine. 00:25:17.238 --> 00:25:20.271 You know that virtually all the places were filled 00:25:20.354 --> 00:25:22.646 in the call for family medicine. 00:25:22.729 --> 00:25:26.796 We will transfer this measure to emergency medicine 00:25:26.879 --> 00:25:29.802 with the aim, of course, of increasing interest 00:25:29.885 --> 00:25:32.517 in specialization in emergency medicine 00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:37.633 and enabling the smooth operation of this activity in the future. 00:25:37.716 --> 00:25:43.323 A short comment on the maxillofacial surgery department. 00:25:43.407 --> 00:25:47.074 Some surgeons have announced their departure. 00:25:48.035 --> 00:25:53.710 How will you prevent this? 00:25:53.794 --> 00:25:56.514 As you know, we have already convened a meeting 00:25:56.597 --> 00:26:00.806 with the maxillofacial surgery department. 00:26:00.890 --> 00:26:06.116 I believe it is scheduled for 10 December. 00:26:06.262 --> 00:26:10.262 But, of course, we need to listen to what 00:26:10.346 --> 00:26:14.041 the head of maxillofacial surgery has to say. 00:26:14.125 --> 00:26:16.114 This is an important department, 00:26:16.197 --> 00:26:21.144 the departure of every doctor is a loss, 00:26:21.437 --> 00:26:26.684 because these are skilled doctors who do good work. 00:26:26.768 --> 00:26:30.232 We hope that this will not happen, but if it does, 00:26:30.315 --> 00:26:34.765 the head of the department already has a backup plan. 00:26:34.849 --> 00:26:42.378 A large number of trainees are going to specialize in 2026 00:26:42.462 --> 00:26:46.306 and become specialists, so within the framework of these possibilities 00:26:46.389 --> 00:26:48.425 and events in the next month, 00:26:48.508 --> 00:26:53.165 we will, of course, follow up and do everything we can 00:26:53.249 --> 00:26:59.597 to ensure the smooth continuation of the work of this department. 00:27:00.474 --> 00:27:02.952 Andreja Seršen Dobaj, STA. 00:27:03.036 --> 00:27:06.996 You said that the Government has considered both draft acts. 00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:08.905 Has it also adopted them? 00:27:08.988 --> 00:27:12.434 What are the financial consequences of the intervention act 00:27:12.517 --> 00:27:14.208 and how much money was earmarked 00:27:14.291 --> 00:27:17.065 for one-off financial assistance to hospitals? 00:27:17.148 --> 00:27:19.790 The Government hasn't adopted the draft acts. 00:27:19.873 --> 00:27:23.946 It approved the Act on Additional Intervention Measures 00:27:24.029 --> 00:27:26.318 in the Field of Healthcare, as I said, 00:27:26.401 --> 00:27:31.201 because the Healthcare System Act is a systemic act, 00:27:31.285 --> 00:27:34.195 this item was suspended. 00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:36.865 The Act was presented, the item was suspended 00:27:36.948 --> 00:27:41.879 and it will be discussed by the Economic and Social Council 00:27:41.963 --> 00:27:44.492 and then at the next Government session. 00:27:44.575 --> 00:27:48.484 The financial consequences of the Act relate 00:27:48.568 --> 00:27:53.278 to the restructuring or financial stabilization 00:27:53.362 --> 00:27:56.620 or provision of additional funds for hospitals 00:27:56.703 --> 00:27:58.942 in the amount of 65 million, 00:27:59.025 --> 00:28:04.858 and then there is a 2026 mentoring supplement estimated at 1.5 million. 00:28:06.911 --> 00:28:08.515 Jana Juvan, Večer. 00:28:08.598 --> 00:28:13.872 How come this Act doesn't also include 00:28:13.956 --> 00:28:18.703 the resolution of the financing of tertiary care, 00:28:18.787 --> 00:28:21.498 which has been a problem for years. 00:28:21.581 --> 00:28:24.856 The lack of financing of tertiary care in hospitals 00:28:24.939 --> 00:28:30.055 is leading to major losses for hospitals. 00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:34.789 You mentioned you are encouraging 00:28:34.873 --> 00:28:38.548 trainees to enroll in emergency medicine. 00:28:38.632 --> 00:28:43.492 Waiting times in hospitals are a pressing issue. 00:28:43.757 --> 00:28:50.238 As it appears, the biggest problem in healthcare 00:28:50.322 --> 00:28:53.289 is not only specialists, but also nursing staff. 00:28:53.372 --> 00:29:00.269 When will there be incentives to increase the number of nurses 00:29:00.604 --> 00:29:02.985 who are in short supply? 00:29:03.601 --> 00:29:09.254 If I start with tertiary care, it is divided into two parts. 00:29:09.338 --> 00:29:13.517 The first part is for research and development, 00:29:13.601 --> 00:29:17.139 the second part is for performing more demanding operations 00:29:17.222 --> 00:29:20.970 or services in healthcare. 00:29:21.645 --> 00:29:26.854 The financing of the tertiary sector has been roughly estimated 00:29:26.938 --> 00:29:33.794 from the beginning of Slovenia, for many years. 00:29:34.153 --> 00:29:39.881 The added value of services has never been calculated precisely, 00:29:39.965 --> 00:29:44.089 and this is the problem with the financing of the tertiary sector. 00:29:44.172 --> 00:29:49.700 Because no study has ever been done on how to regulate this, 00:29:49.832 --> 00:29:56.081 we agreed to have this study done at the beginning of 2025 00:29:56.272 --> 00:29:59.106 by OECD. 00:29:59.332 --> 00:30:03.944 We have just received the first draft from them, 00:30:04.337 --> 00:30:08.406 so we will review it, review their proposals. 00:30:08.490 --> 00:30:12.919 We also have a comparison of how it is financed in some other countries 00:30:13.002 --> 00:30:18.519 and, based on discussions with stakeholders in Slovenia, 00:30:18.603 --> 00:30:22.110 proposals on how to regulate this in our country. 00:30:22.193 --> 00:30:26.101 Once we have harmonized this and seen what is the right way 00:30:26.184 --> 00:30:30.197 to finance tertiary healthcare ... 00:30:30.584 --> 00:30:36.087 At the moment, we don't even know if it is valued correctly 00:30:36.171 --> 00:30:39.685 or what are the differences between hospitals. 00:30:39.768 --> 00:30:42.199 We have a supplement 00:30:42.283 --> 00:30:45.925 for the implementation of the most demanding services. 00:30:46.008 --> 00:30:52.092 Once we have determined this, we will overhaul the entire tertiary system. 00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:56.690 Given that we have just received it 00:30:56.774 --> 00:31:00.430 and it is already the end of November, it won't be this year. 00:31:00.513 --> 00:31:06.060 There was another question. -Problems with staffing. 00:31:09.336 --> 00:31:16.831 Precisely because we are aware of the problems with staffing, 00:31:16.915 --> 00:31:20.186 with nursing staff, 00:31:20.270 --> 00:31:24.353 the Nursing and Midwifery Act was discussed today. 00:31:24.704 --> 00:31:28.028 It brings a bunch of solutions in this area, 00:31:28.111 --> 00:31:30.106 to make sure there's a better career path, 00:31:30.189 --> 00:31:33.119 to make sure there's specializations. 00:31:33.202 --> 00:31:35.890 Until the Government 00:31:35.974 --> 00:31:39.612 and the Economic and Social Council have discussed this act, 00:31:39.695 --> 00:31:43.405 I wouldn't want to comment, because things can still change. 00:31:43.488 --> 00:31:47.301 But we are working on this area. 00:31:47.952 --> 00:31:52.046 So you want to increase staffing? 00:31:52.458 --> 00:31:57.899 We have already adopted numerous other measures to increase staffing, 00:31:57.982 --> 00:32:01.422 such as facilitating the transition from abroad. 00:32:01.505 --> 00:32:06.406 But this is a systemic act that will systematically regulate 00:32:06.489 --> 00:32:10.612 the career path of nursing staff through specializations, licenses, 00:32:10.695 --> 00:32:15.180 professional exams, and so on. -Any other questions? No? 00:32:15.263 --> 00:32:19.601 Thank you and goodbye. -Thank you.