New scandal in white reform… Pensions will fall... Discrimination will be made between Physicians… The Supplementary Payment Regulation, which was prepared by the Ministry of Health without seeking the opinion of professional chambers, specialist associations or trade unions, and published in the Official Gazette on August 12, did not meet the expectations of healthcare professionals. The content of the regulation, which was enacted within the scope of the 'White Reform', received a reaction from the white coat workers.
ADDITIONAL REGULATION ADJUSTED ACCORDING TO PROFIT
Criticizing that the new supplementary regulation is compatible with the government's 'Health Transformation Program', which has been criticized, the health unions stated that physicians and health workers are directed to practices that bring more profit in a short time, not according to the health needs of patients and society, and noted that the additional regulation has been prepared accordingly.
NOTHING MADE FOR PENSION
Underlining that with the new regulation, the uncertainty in income will continue with incentives and performance-based payments instead of an increase in the basic wage, the health unions noted that the impoverishment of some of the physicians was temporarily prevented, but the groundwork for new problems was being prepared. Health associations pointed out that the ‘adequate payment reflected in retirement’ demand of all healthcare professionals is not met in the regulation.
PHYSICIANS DIVIDED INTO TWO!
Emphasizing that the regulation covers only a part of physicians and therefore lays the groundwork for a great deal of discrimination, health unions said, “Some of the health workers in public institutions will benefit from additional payments. These are 'physicians who contribute to income' in large public hospitals. Specialists in basic sciences such as medical microbiology and medical biochemistry, medical pharmacology and public health specialists among the branches of internal medicine, assistants working in university hospitals, specialists and lecturers, and public health specialists working in provincial and district health directorates in the public sector were excluded from the scope.” They warned of the deterioration of labor peace.