The Ministry of Social Affairs wants to create new collaborative organizations. These organizations will help provide better services to people with long-term health problems.
Currently, social and healthcare services are separate. This makes it harder for people to find the right services. The new system would help save money and organize services more efficiently.
The ministry says it is important to create a new model that integrates social and healthcare services. Currently, there is no cooperation in planning and funding these services.
The new organizations will be formed at the county level. They will include family doctors, hospitals, and local governments. The organizations will analyze regional needs and make proposals for better service organization.
The organizations would have a manager, a health promoter, and health guides. Health guides would help people create well-being plans and monitor their progress.
The ministry estimates that in the future, around 200-250 health guides would work. They would work alongside family doctors and help people find the right services.
The new model would help the state save about 50 million euros. It would also reduce the need for emergency medicine and make social rehabilitation services more accessible.
The state will fund the changes from health insurance and the ministry's budget. Initially, 14.7 million euros in foreign aid will be used.
In three years, the state hopes to save approximately 50 million euros. Labor costs would also decrease, and costs for maintaining existing information systems would be eliminated.
The draft is expected to reach the Riigikogu for deliberation in the first half of next year.