Health Commission: Encourage qualified medical institutions to actively provide home care and day care services for the elderly, especially the disabled.

The National Health Commission will hold a press conference on May 11 (Wednesday) at 10:00 a.m. in the Press Conference Hall of the Xizhimen Office Area of ​​the National Health Commission (No. 38, Beilishi Road, Xicheng District). Commissioned Medical Administration and Hospital Administration, Beijing Municipal Health Commission, responsible comrades of China-Japan Friendship Hospital and experts from Peking Union Medical College Hospital will attend, introduce the development of nursing since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and answer media questions. China.com live broadcast, the following is the text record:

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Reporter from Southern Metropolis Daily:

In the “14th Five-Year Plan”, it is proposed that the total number of nurses in my country will reach 5.5 million by 2025. How to evaluate this goal? In addition, what main tasks are set in this plan, and how to achieve these tasks? thanks.

Guo Yanhong, Ombudsman of the National Health Commission Medical Administration and Hospital Administration:

Thank you for this A reporter’s question. As we mentioned just now, in the next step, we will take the implementation of the “14th Five-Year Plan” for the development of nursing as a guide to promote the high-quality development of nursing. The “14th Five-Year Plan” period is the first five years for my country to build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way and achieve the first centenary goal. , is also a critical period for the development of our health and health undertakings. As an important part of health care, nursing work is of great significance to comprehensively promoting the construction of a healthy China and actively responding to the aging of the population. In order to promote the high-quality development of nursing during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, we issued the “National Nursing Development Plan” during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, which clarified the main goals, basic principles and basic principles of nursing development during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period. tasks and several key special actions.

The main goal of nursing career development during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period is, as the reporter mentioned just now, in fact, during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, on the one hand, we It is necessary to strengthen the construction of the nurse team, including the increase in the number of nurses, the improvement of nurses’ abilities, and the mobilization of nurses’ enthusiasm. On the other hand, it is to expand nursing services, so that nursing work can better serve people’s health in various fields to meet the health needs of the people.

In terms of nurse team building, we propose that by 2025, the total number of nurses in the country should reach 5.5 million, and the number of registered nurses per thousand population should reach 3.8. At the same time, the ratio of medical care to nursing should reach 1:1.2. In addition, while the number of nurses is increasing, we should improve the ability of nurses by promoting the training and training of nurses. And in the distribution of nurses, it is more inclined to the grassroots.

In the field of nursing services, we especially propose that during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, the implementation of the overall responsibility system of nursing should be deepened, and the connotation and extension of nursing should be further expanded. In particular, the supply of elderly, community, and home needs must be continuously improved. At the same time, we also put forward a series of goals and requirements for the nursing work in the hospital and the nursing work at the grass-roots level. During the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, we put forward the basic principles for the development of nursing, which is to adhere to the people-centered approach, adhere to high-quality development, adhere to complementing weaknesses, strengths and weaknesses, adhere to reform, innovation and development, and focus on the implementation of several aspects. Task:

First, to improve the nursing service system. By optimizing the layout of nursing resources, combining the changes in population structure, the characteristics of the disease spectrum and the needs of the people for medical and nursing services, a continuous nursing service system covering acute stage diagnosis and treatment, chronic stage rehabilitation, stable stage care, and hospice care will be improved. Increase the supply of nursing services. Especially in the fields of old age, rehabilitation, and home, to meet the health needs of the people.

Second, we must vigorously strengthen the construction of the nurse team. Continue to increase the number of nurses, strengthen the training and training of nurses, implement training actions for nurses’ service capabilities, and take multiple measures to mobilize the enthusiasm of nurses.

Third, we must promote the high-quality development of nursing care. By continuously deepening high-quality nursing, innovating the service ability of nursing, and strengthening the construction of nursing disciplines, we will improve the professional and technical level of nursing.

Fourth, it is necessary to make up for the shortcomings of nursing care. Accelerate the development of geriatric medical care services, implement actions to improve geriatric medical care, and develop home medical care services and long-term care. We encourage qualified medical institutions to actively provide home care and day care services for the elderly, especially the disabled, to meet the health needs of the people.

Through the implementation of these tasks, the nursing work will be promoted to provide all-round and full-life-cycle health services for the people. thanks.