Healthcare

The overall objective of the reforms and investments under the "Healthcare" component is to improve the accessibility, quality and long-term financial sustainability of the healthcare system. This includes ensuring sustainable financing for universal access to quality healthcare services, including preventive ones, tackling emerging health threats such as chronic diseases and conditions and new communicable diseases, accelerating the digital transformation of health services, and increasing the efficiency of the governance and functioning of the healthcare system in crisis situations.

Healthcare system reform

The objective of the reform is to ensure a high-quality, accessible, efficient and financially sustainable healthcare system.

The reform consists of the entry into force of the healthcare-related legislation to ensure the quality, accessibility and financial sustainability of healthcare in Slovenia, as well as in the establishment of an independent body monitoring quality and safety in the healthcare system.

Strengthening the competences of health personnel to ensure the quality of care – investment

The objective of the investment is to broaden the skills and competences of health personnel at primary care level or of other training participants.

The investment consists in the training of health personnel in terms of the treatment of chronic diseases, geriatric conditions, mental health and musculoskeletal pain conditions, as well as the purchase of vehicles for palliative care.

Digital transformation of healthcare – investment

The objectives of the investment are to ensure access to harmonised data in healthcare, primarily by integrating new digital services into healthcare, to promote the use of information technology in healthcare for communication with patients and healthcare workers.

The investment consists of the introduction of a central storage of images, and the introduction of the national telehealth platform.

Accessibility of the health care system – investment

The objectives of the investment are to ensure a better access to emergency medical assistance and to shorten the time to arrival of the intervention team.

The investment consists of the delivery of emergency vehicles for emergency medical assistance.

Effective treatment of communicable and chronic diseases – investment

The objective of the investment is to increase and upgrade the capacities to treat communicable and chronic diseases in Slovenia.

The investment consists of the construction of the infectious clinic at the UKC Ljubljana up to the third construction phase and accompanying works from the fourth and fifth construction phases, and delivery of four linear accelerators for UKC Maribor.