Central Economic Work Conference: Accelerating the Reform of Public Administration and Training General Practitioners

The Central Economic Work Conference held recently stated that "we must continue to do a good job in the reform of the medical and health system, accelerate the pilot reform of public hospitals focusing on county-level hospitals, and accelerate the training of general practitioners."

Relevant experts told reporters when interpreting this policy that the “Continuing to do a good job in the reform of the medical and health system” set by the Central Economic Work Conference has provided guidance for the “12th Five-Year Plan” of the “Pharmaceutical Industry” to be issued. Policy support also brings opportunities for the development of China's pharmaceutical industry.

According to the reporter’s understanding, in 2011, the key work of the reform of the medical and health system continued to advance. Li Keqiang, vice premier of the State Council and head of the State Council Leading Group for Deepening Medical and Health System Reform, also emphasized at the 10th plenary session of the State Council's Deepening Medical Reform Leading Group that it is necessary to adhere to the core concept of providing the basic medical and health system as a public product to all citizens, and The “four shifts,” which specifically mentioned the reform of public hospitals from “partial pilots” to “all-round advancement”.

According to a statistical bulletin released by the Ministry of Health, at the end of 2010, the total number of medical and health institutions in the country reached 937,000 and the total number of health personnel reached 8.208 million. The urban and rural medical service network in our country has basically taken shape.

Sun Zhigang, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission and director of the State Council's Medical Reform Office, recently stated that because public medical institutions use drugs to provide medical care, there is a tendency to deviate from the direction of public welfare. Therefore, the successful establishment of new mechanisms at the grassroots level is a public hospital above the county level. The reform provided experience. He said that from the perspective of the comprehensive reform practice of public medical institutions at the grass-roots level, to promote the reform of public medical institutions in large and medium-sized cities, efforts should be made to break through the three articles of medicine and medicine, innovation of institutional mechanisms, and mobilization of the enthusiasm of medical personnel.

At the national medical education reform conference recently held, Minister of Health Chen Hao also emphasized that with the deepening of the reform of the medical and health system, some structural problems have become increasingly prominent. Among them, the problem of the delay in the construction of medical and health talents has become particularly prominent. Deepen the important constraints of medical reform."

It is reported that the establishment and implementation of the training system for general practitioners has become the core of the new changes that medicine is facing. At present, China's qualified general practitioners are very scarce, and there are only 80,000 practicing doctors in the registered general medical department, accounting for 4.3% of the total number of practicing physicians. The State Council issued its opinions as early as July of this year and provided guidance on the establishment of the basic principles and overall goals of the general practitioner system. It proposes to strive to have qualified general practitioners in every urban community health service agency and rural township hospital in 2012.