The appeal is aimed at “raising the attention on the government’s centralistic stance on healthcare,” Giani told reporters.
He added that in order to cut waiting lists, “we need resources to pay doctors overtime” and to hire new personnel.
Under the legislation, regional governments will be obliged to set up single ‘CUP’ booking centres for people to reserve appointments.
Meanwhile, the national agency for regional health services, AGENAS, will monitor waiting lists.
Regional governments will also set health agency managers annual waiting-list targets and those who fail to meet them risk 12-month suspensions, according to the draft.
Members of the opposition have slammed the measure, saying it fails to provide the resources necessary to tackle the problem while public healthcare is struggling under the weight of insufficient funding.
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