“While we are fighting against Covid, we must begin to ground the health of the future and the PNRR is there for this, with unprecedented resources. We have to invest them well, be fast and make the right choices. We are confident that we will be able to meet all deadlines and if possible also be in advance as we are trying to do, because this is an opportunity to build a stronger NHS ».
Pnrr key to the new healthcare
Health Minister Roberto Speranza spoke at the tenth edition of the Healthcare Summit of the Sole 24 Ore, opened by a speech by the director, Fabio Tamburini. And despite the “not easy days” because we are still in the “midst of the pandemic” try to raise your eyes to start looking beyond the virus and the emergency by pushing the accelerator on the PNRR with the release of 8 billion of the Recovery and resilience plan for the Regions.
Control room so as not to waste resources
And the Pnrr was at the center of the Sole 24 ore event – over 2 thousand connected users – attended by the most important voices in the sector: in chorus they stressed the need not to waste the 20 billion to be spent on Health from now to 2026. “To avoid speeding up, the Regions need simplifications for new works and a national control room is also needed to accompany those who are left behind by spreading best practices”, explained Raffaele Donini, councilor of the Emila and coordinator of the health councilors. “We as the Ministry of Health Agency are ready to give the necessary support, but we will also monitor and evaluate performance”, clarified the president of Agenas Enrico Coscioni.
The last call
«We are facing a last call to relaunch the NHS – explains Nino Cartabellotta, president of the Gimbe Foundation – the objectives must be clearly defined. Then there are the rules on procurement, with deadlines that under current legislation become a mission impossible ». Yet, relaunches Donato Scolozzi (Kpmg), the recipe is “to make healthcare a key sector of the country’s development and the answer is partly suggested by the pandemic: Italy is more competitive if we have effective treatments available, motivated human resources a community that collaborates in prevention. From a perspective in which digitalization is functional to the redesign of welfare services “.
While to relaunch the role of the family doctor overwhelmed by the pandemic, the president of the Society of General Medicine Claudio Cricelli launches the proposal for “a Conference of primary care and the territory in which all stakeholders, from trade unions to institutions, from patient associations participate to entrepreneurs “.