The Interterritorial Council of the National Health System (SNS) has approved today to distribute 107,705,219 euros to Andalusia for the improvement of Primary Care infrastructures, corresponding to the Plan for the Improvement of Primary Care Infrastructures (MINAP) and the Strategic Framework for Primary and Community Care. In total, more than 579.1 million euros will be distributed for autonomous communities and cities.
The Minister of Health, José Miñones, presided today for the first time the meeting of the CISNS, which was held electronically, where he had the opportunity to greet the councillors of all the communities and autonomous cities that participated in the meeting. The objective of the MINAP Plan is the improvement of the infrastructures of the centers and the expansion and renovation of their clinical equipment in health centers and Primary Care clinics, Primary Care emergencies, physiotherapy rooms and radiology rooms.
In this field, the total investment will be 493.8 million euros in the year 2023. The investment will be implemented through transfers to the autonomous communities and INGESA according to the distribution of funds agreed today. The maximum time limit for the complete execution of the actions foreseen in the MINAP will be, for the equipment, until December 31, 2024; and for the works, until December 31, 2025.
The MINAP Plan addresses the material needs involved in the expansion and renovation of Primary Care equipment, as well as infrastructures and the performance of certain actions related to the comfort of patients and professionals. To this amount, the funds for the Strategic Framework for Primary and Community Care amount to 85.3 million euros and will be distributed to all the autonomous communities (except the Basque Country and the Foral Community of Navarre) and INGESA.
The MINAP is part of the Primary and Community Care Action Plan 2022-2023 was approved at the CISNS on December 15, 2021. Within the framework of this Action Plan, an investment in the digital transformation of Primary and Community Care (APyC) is also being carried out from the funds of the strategic project for economic recovery and transformation (PERTE) for Avant-garde Health of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan of the Government of Spain.
Community Mental Health Infrastructure Plan
On the other hand, the CISNS has also approved today to allocate 7,090,549 euros to Andalusia for the Infrastructure Improvement Plan in Community Mental Health, which will distribute in total credits to the autonomous communities and to INGESA worth 38.5 million euros. The SNS Mental Health Strategy for the period 2022-2026 includes the Mental Health Action Plan 2022-2024, which was approved by the CISNS in 2022.
The objective of these funds is the improvement of the infrastructures and clinical equipment of the centers, services and units of the National Health System aimed at community mental health care for both the adult population and the child and youth population. The scope of action includes the centres, services and units of the National Health System for community mental health care for both adults and children. Community mental health equipment such as general furniture, psychometric examination equipment, air conditioning and elevators will be financed. And also child-youth mental health equipment such as general furniture suitable for children; educational games and therapeutic games; psychometric evaluation material; application software for therapeutic intervention and virtual reality; air conditioning; and elevators. Training of professionals
The CISNS has also approved today to distribute 523,534 euros to Andalusia for the training of health professionals in the scope of the continuing training plans of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR). The budget allocation for the 2023 financial year of these funds distributed to autonomous communities amounts to 3,500,000.00 euros.
In total, since 2021, 10 million euros have been distributed for this purpose. The goal is for at least 90,000 health professionals to complete a total of 360,000 continuing education credits, which is equivalent to a total of 3.6 million hours of training under continuing education plans. The training actions range from the use of health technologies and information systems, to the early detection of cancer, gender violence or child abuse, bioethics or end-of-life care, among many other aspects.
In 2023, the training of at least 30,000 health professionals who will have completed a total of 120,000 Continuing Education credits is funded