Lok Sabha Question No. 2040 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Vacant posts of health professionals in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Girish Chandra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2040 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 30 th JULY, 2021

## ' VACANT POSTS OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN UTTAR PRADESH '

## †2040. SHRI GIRISH CHANDRA:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to State:

- a) whether the Government is aware that the posts of doctors and also employees of var categories  are  lying  vacant  in  Department  of  Health  and  the  hospitals  in  Uttar  P le ading to lot of problems to patients in getting treatment;
- b) whether the Government proposes to impress upon the State Government to fill up th vacancies as soon as possible; and
- c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) to (c ):

Public Health and Hospitals being a State Subject, the primary responsibility of streng public healthcare system including ensuring availability of doctors and other human reso for health in public healthcare facilities lies with the respective State Governments inc Uttar Pradesh.

However, to address the healthcare challenges, particularly in rural areas, the National Health Mission (N HM) supplement s the efforts of the Sta te/UT governments including Uttar Pradesh to provide accessible, affordable and quality healthcare to all those who access public facilities all  over  the  country,  including  ensuring  availability  of  doctors  and  other  h resource s.This support is provided based on the proposals received from the State Governments in their annual Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs) within their overall resource envelo

NHM  support  is  provided  to  States/  UTs  for  setting  up  of  new  facilities  as  per  norms upgradation of existing facilities for bridging the infrastructure gaps and to fill up th of Human Resource son contractual basis based on the requirement posed by them.

Further,  under  NHM,  flexibility  is  given  to  the  States  for  providing  hard  a rea  allowance, performance - based  incentives,  providing  accommodation  and  transport  facilities  in  rural remote areas, sponsoring training programmes, etc to engage human resources to address issue of shortage of doctors and specialists in the public health facilities.

The States are also encouraged to adopt flexible norms for engaging doctors and speciali public  healthcare  facilities.  These  include  'contracting  in'  and  'contracting  out'  of  specialist services and engaging specialists from outs ide the government system for service delivery at public facilities under NHM.

States  have  also  been  allowed  to  offer  negotiable  salaries  to  attract  doctors  and  Sp including flexibility in strategies such as ''You quote, we pay".

States/UTs are be ing pursued to take necessary steps, including adopting above strategies, t up the vacancies in Human Resources for Health under regular cadre and contractual positio