The salary increase in health care, agreed in the collective labor agreement (CLA) between the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Bulgarian Medical Union (BLS), has been financially supported by the last regular government.

This was done through an unprecedented 15-year jump in the prices of clinical pathways paid by the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) - an average of 25%.

That is why hospitals that have enough patients and are well managed have the opportunity to raise the minimum basic salaries to BGN 1,500 for a nurse and BGN 2,000 for a doctor.

This is said in a position of "We continue the change

Kiril Petkov and Asen Vassilev presented their political project "Continuing the change", signed by Associate Professor Vasil Pandov, regarding the comments of the Acting Minister of Health - Dr. Asen Medzhidiev - about the lack of funds for raising salaries in the "Health" sector. 

"Against this background, the comments of the Acting Minister of Health, Dr. Asen Medzhidiev, that the increase in the salaries of medical specialists is a PR move by the Ministers of Health and Finance in Kiril Petkov's office are puzzling. It is not only his statement that there is no money, but also the fact that Dr. Medjidiev is making this "discovery" now in his capacity as a minister, after in his capacity as chairman of the largest medical college in the composition of the BLS, he has practically supported the minimum basic standards agreed in the KTD salaries", the letter also makes clear. 

"In the last 12 years, including during the official government of Stefan Yanev, no policy has been implemented on the incomes of medical specialists. "We continue the change

Kiril Petkov and Asen Vassilev presented their political project "We continue the change"" in the person of Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and the Ministers of Finance and Health Asen Vassilev and Prof. Asena Serbezova raised this issue as a management priority.

For the first time, a KTD was signed in the "Healthcare" sector, with which the salaries of health personnel were increased not simply by 5-10%, which was the approach until now, but to BGN 1,500 basic salary for health care specialists and to BGN 2,000 . for a young doctor", are categorical from "We continue the change

Kiril Petkov and Asen Vassilev presented their political project "We continue the change". 

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"With a retroactive date of May 1, 2022, according to the levels set in the KTD, the remuneration of workers in the structures that are directly supported by the Ministry of Health - emergency medical care centers, state psychiatric hospitals, transfusion hematology centers and others were increased. For this nearly BGN 22 million were allocated," Assoc. Professor Vasil Pandov is emphatic. 

"In the last days of the Petkov cabinet, the salaries of the employees of the NHIF were raised by about 10%. The salaries of their colleagues in the Regional Health Inspections, as well as the rest of the state administration, were to be increased after reform and cost optimization. However, the caretaker government gave BGN 10 million to this administration without any reforms and set goals," Pandov claims. 

"During the last regular government, the prices of the clinical paths were increased by an average of 25% and the NHIF guaranteed about BGN 250 million per month for the hospitals. In this way, money was secured for higher salaries of the specialists there. The fair payment of doctors, nurses and paramedics was also a mission of the class organization - BLS, which is a party to the national framework agreement (NRD) and signed it without objections," the docent's position reads. 

"Despite the dissatisfaction of some hospitals, the goal has largely been achieved. According to the data provided by the NHIF, all large health facilities - about 150 - have achieved the payment levels set in the KTD and NRD. The rest have increased their salaries and approached the set minimum amounts It is important to emphasize that once increased according to the KTD, salaries can no longer be reduced unilaterally by the employer," Pandov is emphatic. 

"We understand the concerns of the acting Minister of Health. It is very difficult to meet the expectations of the medical specialists, to whom Kiril Petkov's office first gave hope for fair remuneration. Imputing non-existent guilt does not help, Dr. Medzhidiev. They are needed actions and political will, as we have shown that we have", are categorical from "We continue the change

Kiril Petkov and Asen Vassilev presented their political project "We continue the change". 

We continue the change

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Associate Professor Dr. Vasil Pandov