Changes await patients: Vilnius has decided to reorganize four Vilnius polyclinics



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Today, after the mandatory procedures, the city council finally approved the reorganization: the Lazdynai polyclinic will be connected to the Karoliniškės polyclinic, and the Naujininkai polyclinic – to the Naujoji Vilnia polyclinic.

The managers of the Karoliniškės and Naujoji Vilnia polyclinics discussed the objectives of the reorganization and future changes in advance with all the employees of the Lazdynai and Naujininkai polyclinics. Legal actions have been taken in preparation for the reorganization: the statutes of the Karoliniškės and Naujoji Vilnia polyclinics operating after the reorganization have been drawn up, the conditions for the reorganization of the Lazdynai and Naujininkai polyclinics have been harmonized, he has published all the information in the media and the creditors have been informed.

Promises more new services

Patients will not be affected by these reorganizations either by the GP or the place where the service is provided, with the exception of new emerging services. According to the management specialists of the Lazdynai and Karoliniškės polyclinics, who have been competing so far, only happiness will take over the most robust and innovative solutions from two medical institutions, mobilizing the best specialists, as well as financial resources and doctors.

Meanwhile, residents will continue to have select family physicians, consulting physicians, a laboratory, dentists, X-ray exams, and all other specialists close to their homes. At the same time, they will receive many new services, which until now the Lazdynai Polyclinic was unable to offer due to financial constraints, lack of specialists and, finally, limited infrastructure. They will be provided on the premises of the Karoliniškės Polyclinic. After the merger of the Karoliniškės and Lazdynai polyclinics, the number of patients in the new institution will exceed 85 thousand.

The plans to merge the Naujininkai Polyclinic and Naujoji Vilnia were determined by the size and similarity of these institutions. When they are young, they both face similar problems in providing services to the population: there is a lack of services from both family doctors and secondary-level specialists, as it is difficult to guarantee the full-time workload of all specialists necessary and attract them to work in general. The modernization of these institutions and the renewal of medical equipment are also stalling.

It is expected that merging them into a single legal entity (but without changing their physical location) will solve all these problems, thus improving the availability of services. The joint polyclinic will be able to strengthen the attraction of medical personnel: actively seek young specialists, attract promising medical specialists and nurse specialists by motivational means.

Some services (family doctors, some specialist doctors) are expected to be duplicated, but part of the services provided by secondary-level specialists will be concentrated in one of the delivery sites, where the necessary medical equipment will be concentrated. This will allow a more efficient use of resources between the two institutions, avoid the duplication of some services and some activities (for example, establishing a common laboratory for both institutions, connecting the IT infrastructure and establishing a common call center), as well as more rational use of limited financial resources. The preliminary number of registered patients would exceed 46,000. Currently, both institutions have around 23,000 of them.

FREQUENT QUESTIONS

Will my GP change? Neither the primary care physician for which you are enrolled nor where these services are provided will change for reasons related to the reorganization, unless you want to do it yourself.

How will the place of supply of services change after the reorganization? The location of the family doctor, dentistry, lab tests and other primary level services will not change. However, the location of some of the services provided by secondary care professionals may change, as part of the services provided by secondary care professionals would be concentrated in one of the locations where the necessary medical equipment would be concentrated. It has not yet been decided which of the physical locations of the reorganized institution will be provided. Patients will be informed of any changes by their GP, and the information will be available on the bulletin boards on the institution’s website.

Is there convenient communication between the units of the merging institutions? There is a public transport connection between the Karoliniškės and Lazdynai polyclinics, and it is planned that elderly patients, especially those with mobility problems or special needs, will be taken to the Karolinišk polic polyclinic for services (not at the Lazdynai polyclinic ) and transported to the Lazdynai polyclinic by a family doctor or specialist. or simply to the place of residence of the patient.

There is no direct connection between Naujininkai and Naujoji Vilnia, but it is convenient to drive high-speed buses on routes 3G and 6G, stopping at the Green Bridge stop. Naujininkai Polyclinic is located next to Naujininkai Station and Naujoji Vilnia Polyclinic is within walking distance of Geniai Station.



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