Healthcare students will be able to work in hospitals earlier, Senate agrees

Medical and other healthcare students will be able to start working in hospitals a year earlier than before. For nurses, this will be possible after two years of study, and for future doctors after three years. The change will be brought about by the amendment on the conditions for obtaining and recognising competence to work in non-medical healthcare professions, which the Senate approved on Wednesday.

The regulation, which is supposed to help solve the problems with the shortage of hospital staff, will now be signed by the president. According to the Ministry of Health, the changes should facilitate and accelerate the entry of students into work.