Headed by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, and in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Council, the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai approved, in its meeting this morning, a package of initiatives Improvement to develop the health insurance system in Dubai, which aims to simplify and unify government health insurance programs, and raise the operational efficiency of government hospitals in the emirate, in addition to adopting the council’s agenda and topics that will shape its agenda during 2020, at the council’s headquarters in the Emirates Towers.
During the meeting, the Health Authority in Dubai reviewed the evaluation of the health insurance system in the emirate, and the proposed improvement initiatives that would enhance integration and linkage between health care service providers and promote health education and appropriate patient orientation. The initiatives include unifying health insurance programs and updating the scope of the unified health insurance to include some groups Private society and enhance the efficiency of government hospitals affiliated with the Health Authority.
The improvement initiatives also include updates to the generic medicine policy and the sick leave policy, with the aim of creating a positive impact on health care outcomes and achieving the same health outcomes more effectively and at a lower cost, reducing unnecessary medical consultations and excessive use of health services, in addition to achieving fair competition between health service providers In the government and private sectors.
His Highness, the Crown Prince of Dubai, adopted the agenda of the Executive Council and the Strategic Affairs Council for 2020, which includes many topics, plans and strategies that contribute to implementing and embodying the leadership vision aimed at achieving excellence in all sectors, and creating solutions and initiatives to develop services in order to achieve the goals that entrench The leadership position of the Emirate, and achieving the happiness and welfare of society.
The council’s agenda includes 30 topics during the year 2020 that vary between different sectors, which focus in their entirety on government priorities and goals, and push social and economic development efforts and environmental sustainability and enhance community welfare in a manner that enhances the level of feeling of happiness and social cohesion in the emirate, and raising its competitiveness.
Among the approved plans are updating the Emirati housing policy, which includes developing several programs and policies to achieve housing goals and social welfare for Emiratis, studying the organization of school transportation fees in the Emirate of Dubai, which includes analyzing the existing status of school transportation fees and studying various working models that can be applied to regulating school transportation fees in the emirate Taking into consideration the current framework for organizing school fees in a way that contributes to reducing the financial burden on parents, and developing a general framework for qualifying government human resources, in the context of its endeavors to achieve leadership that requires the development and rehabilitation of human resources The government’s vision, in keeping with the ambitious goals of the emirate, with the aim of creating competencies and skills that are compatible with future jobs in the government sector.