The spa industry has written an open letter to the Health Ministry, whose signatories express concern about the negative effects of the announced reform of spa treatment. According to them, after costs are shifted to providers, patients and marketization of subsidies for non-medical services, only the wealthiest seniors will be able to afford treatment. The quality and availability of treatment will deteriorate, waiting times will increase. The industry expects the collapse of up to 50 percent of sanatoriums, and with them the spa business and layoffs.
At the beginning of next year, a reform of spa treatment is to come into effect. According to the signatories of the open letter, the changes are expected by the industry, which several years ago prepared a report with a proposal for the evolution of spa treatment in Poland. However, the shape of the currently planned reform deviates from the proposals developed by the community. The spa industry is warning that the current changes could have disastrous consequences and, within a few years, lead to the liquidation of sanatorium treatment in Poland.
- The most important goal of the changes should be to improve the quality and availability of medical services. The reform being pushed through does not achieve this goal or only creates the appearance of it. Our years of experi...
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