Detailed plan to arrange public schools and hospitals nationwide

(NLDO) - Localities need to study and arrange the public school and hospital systems to ensure they are streamlined and effective.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh , Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee for summarizing Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, signed Plan 130 on rearranging public service units, state-owned enterprises, and organizations within the state administrative system.

The Government has just issued a plan to arrange schools and hospitals across the country (Illustration photo)

For central administrative organizations, the plan clearly states to continue reviewing and streamlining the organizational structure in ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and government agencies, especially department-level units and bureaus under ministries and branches, to ensure no overlap in functions and tasks.

Strictly implement the policy of not establishing departments in departments under ministries and branches; in special cases, for departments under ministries and branches that have recently merged or consolidated from 3 or more department-level focal points or have a large number of staff (from 45 staff or more), it is possible to consider establishing departments (implemented in accordance with regulations, each department has 15 or more people).

At the local level, promptly promulgate regulations on the functions, tasks, and organizational structure of provincial and communal-level agencies, units, and organizations, especially those after mergers and acquisitions under the new model, and propose and make reasonable adjustments if necessary to ensure no overlap or omission of functions and tasks; continue to research and propose plans to streamline the internal organizations of provincial-level departments, agencies, branches, agencies, and units.

For public service units in ministries and ministerial-level agencies, it is necessary to review, arrange, and perfect the internal organizational structure of these public service units, ensuring streamlining and improving the quality and efficiency of public service provision activities.

For public service units outside the organizational structure, only retain units under ministries and branches serving political tasks and leading units associated with the functions and tasks of ministries and branches that fully meet the criteria and conditions for establishment according to regulations, in accordance with the planning of the network of public service units by industry and field; convert into a joint stock company when fully meeting the conditions according to the provisions of law.

At the same time, review and arrange the internal organization of public service units, ensuring that they meet the criteria for establishing organizations according to Government regulations and the requirements for streamlining the organizational apparatus.

For academies, universities, colleges, vocational training institutions (colleges, intermediate schools), the plan clearly states the construction of a number of schools and advanced training centers specializing in artificial intelligence. At the same time, focus on arranging and reorganizing existing vocational training institutions to ensure they are streamlined, effective, and meet standards.

Arrange and restructure higher education institutions; merge and dissolve substandard higher education institutions; eliminate intermediate levels, ensure streamlined, unified and effective administration. Research on merging research institutes with higher education institutions, transfer some universities to local management.

Regarding hospitals, continue to arrange and transfer a number of hospitals under the Ministry of Health to provincial management. The Ministry of Health manages a number of specialized, high-tech, leading hospitals to carry out professional guidance tasks, train high-quality human resources, conduct scientific research, transfer technology, coordinate disease prevention and control, public health emergencies, natural disasters, catastrophes, and health security.

At the local level, the plan clearly states that existing public high schools, middle schools, primary schools, inter-level schools, and kindergartens will be basically maintained, and arrangements and adjustments will be proposed if necessary to conveniently serve the needs of people and students.

For mountainous provinces, highland areas, and ethnic minority areas, continue to review and arrange separate schools to focus on forming boarding and semi-boarding schools for ethnic minority students at commune or inter-commune centers.

Streamlining, reducing focal points, improving the quality of operations: Merging vocational education centers and continuing education centers into vocational secondary schools equivalent to high schools under the Department of Education and Training to provide public services in inter-ward and commune areas; Each province and city has a maximum of no more than 3 vocational schools to train skilled workers to serve socio-economic development and attract investment in the locality (not including schools that are self-sufficient in regular expenditure or higher).

For public service units in the local health sector, it is necessary to perfect the modern preventive health system, with sufficient capacity to monitor, provide early warning, promptly control epidemics and proactively organize and implement disease prevention activities.

Maintain existing provincial public hospitals; promote socialization where conditions permit. Each province and city has at least one specialized hospital; a geriatric hospital or a general hospital with a geriatric department.

Establish commune, ward, and special zone health stations under the People's Committees of communes and medical examination points based on the former commune health stations to meet the needs of disease prevention, primary health care, and basic medical examination and treatment for people in the area. Transfer the former district-level health centers and general hospitals to the Department of Health to organize care, examination, and treatment in inter-ward and communal areas.

The Steering Committee requested the People's Committees of provinces and cities to develop plans to arrange public service units under their management in each sector and field, and send them to the Ministry of Home Affairs for synthesis before September 25, 2025.

Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and government agencies shall proactively develop plans to arrange public service units under their management authority and send them to the Ministry of Home Affairs for synthesis before September 25, 2025.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/chi-tiet-ke-hoach-sap-xep-truong-hoc-benh-vien-cong-lap-tren-ca-nuoc-19625092214043708.htm