“The image of a collapsing NHS does not correspond to reality,” he argued Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis, emphasizing in its current appearance on SKAI that the system has today the largest number of workers in his story. As he explained, “if we look only at the permanent we are lower, but if we take into account all the forms of work, we are at the best point ever.”
Minister recognized the deficit to nursing staff, However, he recalled that the Ministry of Health absorbs most of the annual recruitment. “Of the 10,000 recruitments of 2025, 5,000 concern the NHS,” he noted. At the same time He pledged that as long as he remains in the post “no auxiliary will leave the NHS”, with contracts constantly renewed.
Regarding the regional health centers, stressed that thanks to the motives established, The gaps have already been filled by 82%, while stressing that “recruitment not only are done, but will continue”.
Mr Georgiadis described as a “blessing” the fact that his second term coincided with the possibility of the recovery fund for extensive upgrading and renovation projects, at the forefront of the emergency departments (ICT).
Finally, In the new self -assessment system through patient questionnaires, He pointed out that the results “overturn the image of a” damaged “system, recording specific points of improvement”.
A typical example, as he said, It is access to EOPYY’s affiliated doctors: “In 2024 it takes three months for an appointment, now you need only two days.”