14 January 2008, 16:26
The Bill (Reg. No.0933) proposes to regulate, at a Legislative level, the provision of additional leave of three calendar days for Family Medicine General Practice Nurses, Heads of Family Medicine Divisions, and Mobile Medical Teams whose work experience, for a continuous period, exceeds three years.
The Committee Members upheld a proposal for new wording of Clause 77 of The Public Health Base Legislation of Ukraine, so that it reads, ‘District Hospital Doctors, Chief Medical Officers and Physicians in Ambulance Stations and Dispensaries based in rural areas, District General Practitioners, Paediatricians, District Nurses in Local Hospital Out-patients´ Clinics and Ambulance Stations, General Practitioners (Family Physicians) and Family Medicine General Practice Nurses, Heads of Paediatric and Internal Diseases Units in Out-patients´ Clinics, Heads of Ambulance Station and Family Medicine Units, Doctors (Senior Doctors) and Lower-grade medical staff in mobile teams of Emergency First Aid Stations and Units, Aviation Medical Stations, and Planned/Emergency Consultative Aid Units, where they have a continuous work experience record in the said positions and institutions (local units), are entitled to additional paid Annual Leave for the duration of three days. At the same time, the rights of other categories and grades of medical staff to additional paid leave within the established limits are safeguarded.
The Committee believes that the passing of this Bill will contribute to the continued employment of those medical staff who work in the least prestigious positions within the Public Health Institutions.