Xinhua News Agency reporter Dong Ruifeng
According to the latest data, there are 4.95 million grassroots health workers in the mainland, including 1.1 million rural doctors, who play an important role as "health gatekeepers" and jointly weave a huge network of preventive health care and medical services.
The Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Deepening Reform and Promoting Chinese-style Modernization, which was deliberated and adopted at the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, proposes to promote the construction of close medical alliances and strengthen primary medical and health services.
Solving common diseases in cities and counties, and solving headaches and brain fever in towns, towns, and villages -- more people can see a doctor "at their doorstep" is an important goal of deepening the reform of the medical and health system.
Let the masses rest assured that they should see a doctor, and the ability of primary medical care should be strengthened first.
At present, there are 980,000 primary medical and health institutions in China, accounting for 52% of the total number of diagnosis and treatment. Can I get the same level of care in a health center as I do in a city hospital?
From promoting the construction of medical imaging, medical testing, central pharmacies and other resources in the county sharing center and extending it to the countryside, to the dispatch of doctors from higher-level hospitals to primary medical and health institutions and the fixed service cycle...... The close-knit county-level medical community has effectively "connected" to promote the real "sinking" of high-quality medical resources.
The relevant person in charge of the National Health Commission said that the construction of a compact county-level medical community has been fully promoted on the basis of the pilot work, and strive to cover more than 90% of counties and cities by the end of 2025, and basically achieve full coverage of counties and cities by the end of 2027.
The key to making it easier for the masses to see a doctor and improve the level of primary medical care lies in medical personnel.
Nationwide, 1,173 tertiary hospitals were organized to provide counterpart assistance to 1,496 county-level hospitals in 940 counties; Carry out group assistance for medical talents, and key counties for national rural revitalization...... A long-term mechanism for medical staff to serve is taking shape.
There is "blood transfusion", and there is "hematopoiesis". It is understood that the National Health Commission, together with relevant departments, is promoting the implementation of policies such as the inclusion of college students and rural doctors in the establishment and management, and the targeted free training of medical college students for the central and western regions. This year, it is expected to enroll about 8,000 rural order-oriented free undergraduate medical students for township health centers in the central and western regions.
The grassroots level should improve the "height" of the ability to see a doctor, and also increase the "temperature" of the masses in seeking medical treatment.
Last year, the National Health Commission released the 2023-2025 service measures for primary medical and health institutions to facilitate and benefit the people, including the sinking of the appointment number source to the grassroots level, the promotion of middle and senior professional title doctors on duty outpatient clinics, the convenience of residents to dispense and prescribe medicines, and the extension of urban community outpatient service hours.
In the next step, we will also focus on the problems of referral, inspection and testing encountered by the masses in seeking medical treatment, and enhance the continuity of medical and health services by exploring the establishment of referral centers and mutual recognition of inspection and test results, so as to further enhance the people's sense of access to medical treatment.