Health minister, head of nurses’ association, agree on improvements in education, pay

The Health Minister Tomáš Julínek has said that changes will be needed in order to prevent a further rise in the number of the country’s nurses leaving their profession for better opportunities. He and Dana Jurásková, the head of the Czech Nurses Association, agreed on Saturday that changes in education and training were needed, as well as an increase in nurses’ pay. In the short-term, nurses should see an increase in salary bonuses; in the long-term more significant changes will be needed, the officials said. According to some statistics, the Czech health care sector is short around 1,000 nursing staff.

Author: Jan Velinger