His their personal doctor acquired two million Greek citizens. Implementation of the new system first aid began in early August, with the first step being the registration of citizens, except for Attica and the South Aegean region, with a personal doctor. This will be followed on September 1 by the activation of the citizen registration platform for residents of Attica and the South Aegean. Indeed, in September, the leadership of the Ministry of Health will attach great importance to the success of the project, since on the one hand the largest region of the country will join the system, on the other hand, citizens will return from their summer holidays.

According to his official Ministry of Health careCurrently, 3,200 pathologists and general practitioners are registered in the system as private doctors, of which more than 1,000 are private and 2,200 are doctors of public health structures (health centers, district medical centers). Almost 2,000,000 citizens have registered in them since August 1, when the corresponding platform was opened to the whole country, except for Attica and the South Aegean region. These include those who registered with a family doctor (in the context of the previous attempt in 2018 for every citizen to have their own doctor) and automatically switched to the new system. Recall that in 2018, about 700 pathologists and general practitioners hired by EOPYY, out of less than 1,300,000 citizens, were chosen as family doctors.

By the Minister of Health Thanos Pleuris and Secretary General of Primary Health Care Mario Themistocleousthose who have taken up the implementation of the new system are optimistic, since in less than a month the first goals set by the ministry were achieved. They report that currently 4,000 private doctors can register in the system, of which 25% have already registered. They compare this “spectacle” to the attempt to introduce a family doctor during SYRIZA, recalling that less than 700 private pathologists and general practitioners then participated in it.

The leadership of the ministry expects a large volume of registrations of citizens with personal doctors with the return of citizens from the autumn holidays, and especially until October 1, when an additional burden will fall on the pharmaceutical expenses of those who are not registered, in the amount of 10%, comes into force in addition to the percentage of participation determined by in each specific case.

On September 1, the activation of the citizen registration platform for residents of Attica and the South Aegean.

And with the full development of the system from January 1, 2023, additional participation for those who decide not to register with a personal doctor will be increased by 10% (20% in total of the participation rate determined in the case). individually).

Strengthening the NSS

Meanwhile, in the coming days, a bill by the Ministry of Health on training doctors and strengthening the structures of the National Health Service is expected to be submitted for consideration. The bill, prepared by Deputy Minister of Health Mina Gaga, will include provisions to strengthen the training of doctors, improve their working relationship with incentives to stay and join the NHS, and move the crisis procedure for candidates to recruit doctors from health districts that currently time in hospitals.