Continuity of care, agreement signed with general practitioners

The new agreement renews and strengthens the one signed in March 2020 to introduce a series of extraordinary measures to address the situation of a shortage of doctors both in primary care and in continuity of care. Segnana: “Profitable collaboration with the trade unions. The discussion continues to strengthen nursing and administrative support “.

02 NOV – The new provincial agreement with the trade unions of general practitioners proposed by the councilor for health was signed in Trento, Stefania Segnana, to face the growing difficulties in permanently guaranteeing the continuity of care service in all the offices of the provincial territory, due to the lack of doctors available to take on positions.

An Agreement had already been signed in March 2020 which had introduced a series of extraordinary measures to address the situation of shortage both in primary care and in continuity of care. The new provincial agreement strengthens some measures and facilitates the taking on of offices by several categories of doctors.

The Province and the Health Authority they also committed themselves to supporting doctors more, including by making service cars available and enhancing the safety of the offices.

“We are working with the company and trade unions of general practitioners whom I thank – explains councilor Stefania Segnana in a note – also for concluding an agreement aimed at further incentivizing associations between professionals, with significant investments to guarantee support for administrative and nursing staff to doctors ”.

November 02, 2021
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