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Prime Minister Pahor meets representatives of the medical profession

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor, together with the Minister of Health, Borut Miklavčič, today met with representatives of the medical profession for the purpose of discussing the text of the draft Health Services Act. Apart from representatives of the Government, representatives of medical organisations, nursing organisations, healthcare institutions and professional associations also attended the meeting. The participants exchanged views and positions on the draft Act and discussed various amendments.

 

(Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA)

 

After the meeting, Prime Minister Pahor explained that the Government plans to discuss the Act in January 2010.  With additional consultations prior to submission of the Act for parliamentary procedure, the Government wishes to harmonise the wording of the Act to the best possible extent to avoid key issues that would need to be resolved in the National Assembly.   The Prime Minister continued by stressing “that the Health Services Act is a very demanding part of the process of structural reform and an introduction to very difficult times, when agreement will need to be reached on four or five structural reforms."