BOLOGNA (ITALPRESS) – “On the issues concerning the future of healthcare, such as the challenge on waiting lists, the next phases of the NRP and all the planned innovation and reform projects, we will be able to start a discussion in the interest of health system and citizens themselves “. Thus the councilor for health policies, Raffaele Donini, today in the Legislative Assembly, in taking stock of the pandemic and upcoming challenges of regional health. Starting from the first indications for the 2022 financial planning of the Health Authorities, on which the dialogue with the Treasury Ministry remains open for the State to take charge of Covid expenses; dialogue with the social partners on the issue of the balance between economic sustainability and the desire not to retreat on the adequacy and consistency of health personnel is also still open. “The intention – underlined Donini – is to bring the resolution of the council as soon as possible to the opinion of the Regional Health Policy Commission, after the necessary and necessary discussion with the social partners that make up the Pact for work and climate , following the direction we have always traveled in our region “. A first result for the Region is the balance of the budget for the year 2021, now consolidated after the confirmation of the guaranteed state contributions to the Regions for the higher Covid costs, in addition to its own resources, within a healthy regional budget: a result that testifies to the fruitful and shared work carried out by all the Regions in the National Health Commission, coordinated by Emilia Romagna. Objective to be achieved also for 2022, through the joint action of all the Regions and – the commissioner reiterated – with the necessary support of the State also for what concerns the non-Covid costs linked to the increase in energy and renewal of the contract for employees. Voices that are added, even more so in Emilia-Romagna where Covid has hit very hard, to the impact generated first by the pandemic, then by the organization of mass vaccination. “For 2022 – Donini recalled – the hypothesis of Covid spending in Emilia-Romagna is about 500 million euros, and this expense, must be sanctioned unequivocally, must be borne by the State, because it is a national pandemic and why the budgets of the Regions cannot afford to support such a boulder. On this we are confident and united, convinced that the Government does not want to penalize in particular the Regions with the greatest public health such as Emilia-Romagna “. With regard to the suspension of the general director of personal care, health and welfare, “the council – Donini underlined – does not intend to comment on the statements in the press because disciplinary proceedings were initiated on February 16”. (ITALPRESS). mgg / com 22-Feb-22 16:16
