The function of the government won’t be diminished by NHB.
12 October 2023 at 04: 50 PUBLISHED
According to Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew, a National Health Board ( NHB ) will coordinate the functions of various ministries and the private sector in the management of macro-health policies.
According to Dr. Cholnan, the committee, which will be presided over by the prime minister, may serve as a focal point where the public and private sectors collaborate to influence health policies.
The Public Health Ministry won’t be the only entity to carry out health plans under the NHB.
The minister claimed that” companies putting health policies into practice are out of tune, which harms the quality of medical being delivered.”
According to Dr. Cholnan, the board won’t replicate the work done by other organizations like the National Health Security Office( NHSO ) and a national health commission.
He continued by saying that because the NHB budget’s power is limited to policy implementation and oversight, it will not have an impact on funds given to various agencies.
Despite this, the NHB won’t lessen the Public Health Ministry’s function, according to Dr. Cholnan. As public health policies stand to gain from being implemented in a seamless and detailed manner, the board will actually strengthen it. It benefits by closing flaws.
According to the secretary, the government does not intend to charge participants in the” gold cards” universal healthcare program 30 baht each time they receive medical care.
However, he added that the government will keep making improvements to the program while even closing the gaps between widespread health insurance programs, such as the gold cards program, the Social Security Fund, and state officials’ medical insurance policies.
When the country’s Gross Domestic Product is taken into account, Dr. Prasit Watanapa, an advisor to the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital at Mahidol University, urged the government to increase funding for the program. He claimed that the nation is no spending enough on the medical field.
We must ensure that we have enough money to cover women’s charges, he said.
He concurred that an upgrade should be made to the 30-baht general health insurance plan. He did, however, advocate for reducing issues like the use of fictitious IDs to get health care and streamlining medical bill reimbursements for civil servants.