The organizational structure and personnel of health stations will be directly managed by the commune level

On April 24, news from Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee said that the locality has issued a Decision attached to the Regulation on coordination between the Department of Health and the People's Committees of communes, wards, and special zones in managing the operation of commune-level health stations, in order to ensure the unified and effective operation of the grassroots health system after transfer.

According to the Regulations, coordination is carried out according to the principle of clear authority, clear responsibility, ensuring timeliness and consistency between industry management from province to grassroots level.

The commune-level People's Committee is directly responsible for managing the organizational structure, personnel, operations, assets, finances, facilities, equipment and medical supplies of the health station according to decentralization.

Meanwhile, the Department of Health plays the role of directing, guiding, and inspecting expertise, techniques, and nghiệp vụ according to the provisions of law.

The Regulation also identifies key coordination contents such as: Implementing the Party's guidelines, the State's policies and laws and the direction of the Central Government and the province in the field of health; coordinating with relevant departments and branches to organize the implementation of tasks to care for, protect and improve people's health...

At the same time, the two sides coordinate to direct the implementation of health tasks at the commune level; promptly detect, handle or report to competent authorities for problems arising and inadequacies in practice.

According to the Khanh Hoa Department of Health, the transfer is carried out according to Decision No. 2741/QD-UBND dated December 27, 2025, with the transfer of state-owned health stations, regional general clinics and all functions, tasks and personnel in the fields of preventive medicine, population, and food safety to the commune level.

To date, most localities have issued decisions to establish health stations.

Some places have initially consolidated personnel, of which 9 stations have appointed directors and deputy directors; 12 stations assigned powers to be in charge; 1 station is implementing the appointment process.

However, only 4 stations have submitted applications for licenses to operate medical examination and treatment.

Although the basic progress is ensured, the implementation process still faces many difficulties. Notably, 32 health stations have not arranged accounting personnel, causing obstacles in financial management.

In addition, the promulgation of regulations on functions, tasks, organizational structure and operating regulations in some places is still slow, mainly because public employees do not meet the appointment standards and must be assigned temporary responsibility.

Regarding finance, many stations have not completed procedures to open accounts, register tax codes, and seals, affecting the progress of signing health insurance medical examination and treatment contracts in 2026.

At the meeting, localities proposed to soon have specific guidance on the regime of position allowances for health station management officials after transfer.

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