Nurses, assistant pharmacists and medical assistants want a meeting with the President of the National Assembly, the President and the Prime Minister

The lack of constructive dialogue with the institutions and audibility for the problems of the medical professions, decision-making without hearing them, the lack of a clear formula for postgraduate studies, the destruction of the professional authority of the medical professions - these are the serious problems accumulated for years faced by several professional guilds. This is what Lilyana Petrova, Chairwoman of the Bulgarian Association of Assistant Pharmacists (BAAPF), warned at a press conference today at a joint press conference with the Bulgarian Association of Health Care Professionals (BAHCP), represented by its Chairwoman Milka Vasileva, and the Bulgarian Union of Medical Assistants and Paramedics (BSLAF), represented by the Chairwoman Alexander Alexandrov.

The press meeting was held under the motto "Together to protect our professions for the health of patients".

The three organizations have recently signed an agreement that unites to protect the professions they represent and express readiness for joint action against isolation, inequality in contacts with institutions and the long-standing lack of adequate and workable solutions in healthcare to solve the personnel crisis, it became clear at the press conference.

“In such an environment, there can be no expectation of those wishing to pursue these professions. Solutions to the alarming trend of the personnel crisis are late, there is a serious legislative vacuum related to the role of the professions in healthcare, "said Lilyana Petrova.

The Chairwoman of BAPZG Milka Vasileva reminded that when the organization was formed in 1993 there were 55 000 nurses in our country and today there are 22 820, and every third is of retirement age, the situation is similar for midwives. According to her, 89% of nurses and midwives suffer from burnout, there is practically no nurse working in only one place, and a deficit in itself is a prerequisite for a deterioration in the quality of medical care.

“In many places, the pay levels provided for in the CLA have not been reached,” Vassileva further said.

Alexander Alexandrov, President of the Bulgarian Medical Association, explained that the profession of ‘medical assistant’ is not even included in the CLA, while at the same time more than 2000 medical assistants and paramedics, as they used to be called, have been working in different units of the system. Six higher medical schools in Bulgaria have been preparing such staff for 7 years, which can be very useful for healthcare. Aleksandrov also confirmed that in most cases, normative acts directly affecting the work of the medical professions are not discussed in advance, and it becomes clear to them much later, when they are already about to be finalized.

According to Lilyana Petrova, it is important to realize that medical professionals are needed in all structures and units of health care, because it is they who provide the necessary health and pharmaceutical care for people, especially in remote regions where the staff deficit is most noticeable.

The three professional organizations have prepared an open letter to the President of the 51st National Assembly Assoc. Natalia Kiselova, President Rumen Radev and Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev. In it, they demand a meeting to discuss the problems of the medical professions and to look for ways out of the severe personnel crisis in healthcare.

"We are convinced that the most valuable thing in healthcare is the staff and we are determined to protect our professions and, in the interests of our patients, together to seek a positive and lasting solution to the crisis," the letter states.

You can find the full text here.

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