NIK's work plan for 2022: RDTL, ABM, district hospitals under the microscope

The work plan of the Supreme Audit Office for 2022 provides for the implementation of 88 topics of planned controls, including the control of the implementation of the state budget and the control of monetary policy assumptions in 2021. As for health topics, these will include

• Implementation of tasks financed from the COVID-19 Prevention Fund

Question defining the main purpose of the control:
Does the adopted method of financing the implementation of tasks related to counteracting COVID-19 ensure effective use of funds?
Type of control: Performance of tasks

• Personal assistant services as social support for people with disabilities

Question defining the main purpose of the audit:
Is the publicly funded system of personal assistant services for a disabled person functioning properly?
Type of control: Performance of tasks

• Handling infectious medical waste, including waste generated in connection with counteracting COVID-19

Question defining the main purpose of the control:
Is the proper management of infectious medical waste, including that generated in connection with counteracting COVID-19?
Type of control: Compliance

• Access to treatment under the "Emergency Access to Drug Technologies" procedure

Question defining the main purpose of the control:
Have the new legal solutions in force since 2020 improved access to therapies financed under the Emergency Access to Drug Technologies?
Type of control: Performance of tasks

• Operation of the Medical Research Agency

Question defining the main purpose of the audit:
Did the Agency fulfill its statutory tasks correctly and effectively?
Type of control: Performance of tasks
Outsourcing of medical services by public hospitals
The question that defines the main purpose of the audit:
Was the contracting of health services performed by public hospitals correct and was their performance thoroughly supervised?
Type of control: Compliance

• Healthcare resources in the healthcare system

Question defining the main purpose of the control:
Do the methods of education, resources and work organization of selected professional groups of medical staff allow for satisfying the needs of medical entities and patients?
Type of control: Performance of tasks

• Operation of poviat hospitals in Poland

Question defining the main purpose of the control:
Did the poviat hospitals function properly and balance their activities?
Type of control: Performance of tasks

• Availability and quality of rehabilitation services for patients with a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease

Question defining the main purpose of the audit:
Did the method and level of financing of therapeutic rehabilitation and the organization of providing services allow for meeting the health needs of patients after SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease?
Type of control: Performance of tasks

• Małopolska Medical Information System in 2016–2021

Question defining the main purpose of the audit:
Have the goals of the Małopolska Medical Information System project been achieved?
Type of control: Performance of tasks

NIK inspection can also be expected by the State Fund for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled.

Source: NIK