Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The President signed a Decree “On measures to strengthen material support and incentives for employees of medical institutions.”

It has been established that from 1 June 2022, the monthly official salaries of medical, pharmaceutical and other employees of state medical institutions will increase, in particular:

medical and pharmaceutical workers with the highest and first qualification categories - by 15%;

medical and pharmaceutical workers who have a second qualification category and do not have a qualification category, as well as other medical and pharmaceutical workers - by 10%;

other employees of medical institutions - by 15%.

At the same time, the tariff rates for employees of medical institutions are calculated by increasing the tariff coefficients for the current categories of wages by 1.15 and 1.1 times, respectively.

It was determined that from 1 June 2022, the amount of funds allocated from the State budget for the formation of the Fund for Material Incentives and Development of Medical Institutions, in relation to the total amount of budgetary funds allocated to medical institutions, is:

in primary health care institutions, district (city) medical associations, emergency and ambulance services, children’s medical institutions, the Service for Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health, as well as medical institutions specialized in social diseases (tuberculosis, kidney failure, oncological, mental, narcological, endocrine, leprosy (leprosy), infectious, sexually transmitted, AIDS) - 10% of total expenses;

in other health care institutions of the republican and regional level - 5% of total expenses.

75% of the Fund’s resources are directed to material incentives for employees of all state medical institutions, 25% - to strengthen, modernize the material and technical base and repair medical institutions.

At the same time, in state medical institutions, at the expense of funds allocated for material incentives for employees, the following are paid:

monthly allowance for highly qualified medical and pharmaceutical workers who have shown high results, honestly and conscientiously fulfilling their duties - up to 100% of the monthly official salary, for other employees - up to 75% of the monthly official salary;

a special monthly allowance of up to 1 million soums - for beginners with potential young doctors;

additional monthly allowance of up to 30% of the official salary - for doctors and nurses working on the second shift due to the extension until 20:00 of the working time of day hospitals at family doctor’s offices, family polyclinics and multidisciplinary central polyclinics.

In addition, an additional allowance of 25% of the official salary has been established for surgeons performing high-tech complex operations in medical institutions, in accordance with the list determined by the Ministry of Health.

From 1 September 2022, taking into account the contribution made to the development of science in the field of medicine through the labor activity of employees of medical institutions, they are paid a monthly supplement for the academic degree of Doctor of Science (Doctor of Science) - up to 60% of the salary, for an academic degree Candidate of Sciences or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - up to 30% of the official salary at the expense of the state budget.

It has been established that all medical workers undergo preliminary and periodic medical examinations at the expense of the state budget on a free basis.

Also, from 1 July 2022, doctors who transferred to work from the regions, Tashkent city and foreign countries, for the first three years, are paid an additional monthly allowance at the expense of the state budget of 100% of their official salary - working in Takhtakupyr, Chimbay, Karauzyak, Bozatau, Shumanai, Kungrad regions of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, in the amount of 200% of the official salary - for those working in the Muynak region.

At the same time, in order to receive the allowance specified in this paragraph, the doctor must have worked in another region for at least two years and have at least the second qualification category.