Vietnam: What are the national criteria for commune health stations by 2030? What are the procedures for assessing and recognizing qualified commune health stations?
- What are the national criteria for commune health stations in Vietnam by 2030?
- What are the procedures for assessing and recognizing qualified commune health stations in Vietnam?
- What are the instructions for the organization, direction, and implementation of the national criteria for commune health stations in Vietnam by 2030?
What are the national criteria for commune health stations in Vietnam by 2030?
Pursuant to Decision 1300/QD-BYT in 2023, the national criteria for commune health stations in Vietnam by 2030 include:
- Directing and administering health care: 14 points.
- Medical personel: 10 points.
- Infrastructure of commune health stations: 12 points.
- Equipment, medicines, and other devices: 9 points.
- Preventive medicine, HIV/AIDS prevention and control, environmental hygiene and food safety: 19 points.
- Medical examination, treatment, rehabilitation, and traditional medicine: 12 points.
- Maternal-child health care: 6 points.
- Population - Family planning: 11 points.
- Health Communication - Education: 3 points.
- Application of information technology: 4 points.
What are the procedures for assessing and recognizing qualified commune health stations in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Decision 1300/QD-BYT in 2023, the procedures for assessing and recognizing qualified commune health stations in Vietnam are:
Commune level:
- Register with district-level management agencies (Health Departments and Health Centers) on the implementation of the national criteria for commune health stations.
- Commune health stations shall self-organize the assessment of meeting the national criteria for commune health stations; collect all documents, and data, and make records to prove the satisfaction of the criteria.
- After self-organizing the assessment, commune health stations shall report to the commune-level People's Committee, send to the Offical Dispatch issued by the commune-level People's Committee with relevant documents to the district-level state management agency (Health Departments and Health Centers) to request the recognition of qualified commune health stations.
District level:
- The Health Department advises the district-level People's Committee to establish a review council for recognition of qualified commune health stations. Members of the Council include representatives of the district-level People's Health Care Steering Committee, representatives of Health centers, general hospitals, health departments, and other relevant units at the district level. The Secretariat, consisting of 3-5 officers with appropriate experience and professional qualifications shall assist the Council.
- After receiving the relevant dossier sent by the commune-level People's Committee, the Secretariat shall appraise the dossier, directly inspect at the commune and assess all criteria as prescribed; on that basis, take a record of appraisal of the dossier of recognition of qualified commune health stations.
- District council shall hold the meeting to consider qualified commune health stations: On the basis of dossiers inspected and appraised by the Secretariat, representatives of commune-level People's Committee leaders shall present to the Council the implementation of national criteria on commune health stations; The Secretariat presents the appraisal results; members of the Council shall appraise, consider and give issues to be classified; representatives of commune-level People's Committees responds to the Council; If there are members of the Council who do not agree, they can re-inspect the inconsistent contents to assess the results.
- The Health Department acts as a focal point for compiling dossiers and sending the list of qualified commune health stations to the Department of Health.
Provincial level:
- The Department of Health shall establish or submit to the Provincial People's Committee for the establishment of a review council for qualified commune health stations (including representatives of relevant departments and sectors and representatives of the Provincial People's Committee) and the Secretariat for recognition of qualified commune health stations.
- The Secretariat is responsible for compiling, reviewing, evaluating and appraising all documents transferred by the district level.
- The council organizes the meeting and appraises documents similar to the district level.
- On the basis of the assessment and appraisal record of the Council, the leaders of the Department of Health shall make a list with dossiers to the Provincial People's Committee, request the leaders of the Provincial People's Committee to make a decision to recognize qualified commune health stations and send a report to the Ministry of Health (Department of Planning and Finance).
- The Provincial People's Committee is responsible for directing relevant departments and agencies to coordinate in implementing the national criteria for commune health stations every year, localities shall give appropriate forms of reward for communes with good achievements in striving to meet the National Criteria.
What are the instructions for the organization, direction, and implementation of the national criteria for commune health stations in Vietnam by 2030?
Pursuant to Decision 1300/QD-BYT in 2023, the instructions for the organization, direction, and implementation of the national criteria for commune health stations in Vietnam by 2030 are:
- Ministry of Health: The Ministry of Health is responsible for directing the implementation of the national criteria for commune health stations. The Department of Planning and Finance, Ministry of Health is assigned as a focal point to coordinate with relevant units to guide localities, monitor, synthesize reports, and assess the results of the implementation of the national criteria for commune health stations by 2030 nationwide.
- Provincial and municipal levels directly under the Ministry of Health: The Provincial People's Health Care Steering Committee directs the implementation of the national criteria. The Department of Health is the focal point in coordinating with relevant units to guide, and direct the implementation, monitoring, and assessment of the results of the implementation of the national criteria for commune health stations in the period up to 2020 for districts throughout the province.
- District level: The district-level People's Health Care Steering Committee directs the implementation of the national criteria. The Health Department is the focal point to advise the district-level People's Committee to direct the health center to coordinate with other relevant units to guide the implementation and monitoring and assessment of the implementation of the commune-level health organization for communes in the district.
- Commune level: The commune-level People's Health Care Steering Committee directs the implementation. The commune health station acts as a focal point to coordinate with relevant units to carry out activities to strive to implement the national criteria for commune health stations under the guidance of superior health.
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