The law on minimum wages is waiting for the decision of the Sejm, which will deal with the Senate amendments next week. And he will probably reject them, because - as estimated by the Ministry of Health - their entry into force, especially the one that increased all the coefficients in the table of occupational groups by 0.25 points, would cost another PLN 7 billion. Meanwhile, directors of hospitals and other institutions are worried about the money to pay raises, even in the lower, government-parliamentary version.
NFZ: there is money for the July increases
Published June 15, 2022 09:03
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About the fact that hospitals not only do not have the money to pay the pay raises from July 1, but most of all - they are not sure that they will receive it on time, and they will have to face the double problem of calculating wages in July, i.e. first of all statutory increases in the minimum wage, secondly, tax changes, the media have been reporting for a long time. The dramatic appeals of long-term care facilities have also resounded in recent days - both ZOLs, hospices and non-medical facilities, but employing e.g. DPS nurses are afraid that the increase in minimum wages will either ruin their budgets or - deprive employees who will leave where the working conditions are more favorable.
Also last week, during discussions in the Senate, it was raised that it was already very late, and health care institutions did not have information on how, when and, above all, in what amount they would receive funds for employee wages.
What does the Fund say? - The National Health Fund is prepared for the July increases for medics, we have these funds planned in the financial plan - assured on Tuesday the president of the National Health Fund, Filip Nowak on Radio Wrocław. He said that the calculations during the works on the act show that by the end of the year the cost of the increases will amount to approx. PLN 7 billion. - We have these measures planned in the financial plan - he said.
Filip Nowak also said that the National Health Fund is a very financially stable institution and that the Fund's financial plan is not at risk. - We already have a plan in the amount of nearly PLN 117 billion for a year. By the end of April, we physically spent over PLN 10 billion, but this is only because there is an impact of reports and such a settlement system. In the near future, we will spend another over PLN 80 billion on healthcare services alone. We are prepared both for salary increases, and also for other financial interventions on the healthcare market. Let me remind you that some time ago we raised all valuations by 4.5%. - he reminded. In his opinion, the Fund will also be able to pay service providers for the so-called over-performance, if any, and to regulate all benefits provided in those areas (eg AOS) where there are no limits.
