QNA
Doha
Executive Director of Strategy Planning and Health Intelligence at the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) Dr Mohammed Ghaith Al Kuwari has said that the corporation is entering its third strategic cycle based on what was achieved during the first national strategy for primary health care 2013-2018 and the second strategic plan 2019-2023.
He pointed out that the current strategic plan, which was developed collaboratively with the participation of PHCC staff, the health sector and representatives of patients and the community, is based on key pillars such as Qatar National Vision 2030 and Qatar’s Third National Health Strategy 2024-2030, all of which focus on several axes of the health sector such as population health, setting ambitious goals to improve health outcomes, improving the quality of services and facilitating access to them for clients, in addition to a renewed focus on sustainability in service delivery.
He added that these axes have been integrated into PHCC’s strategy as the core axes on which its strategic priorities are based.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday to mark the launch of the PHCC’s Corporate Strategic Plan 2024-2030, Dr Kuwari reviewed the PHCC’s vision through providing distinguished healthcare services, its mission and values.
He added that this vision was developed to be consistent with the PHCC’s position as the first reliable choice for recipients of healthcare and wellness services in Qatar.
He noted that the PHCC will achieve its vision by providing distinguished primary healthcare to the community in a coordinated manner, enhancing its integrated model of care and working collaboratively with key partners across the health system to shift the balance of care from a hospital-based curative model to an improved model that focuses on preventive health services and health awareness in the community, in addition to enabling patients to have better access to the PHCC’s services and improving their experience when receiving care at its health centres.
Dr Kuwari said that the PHCC’s mission has been updated to emphasise providing outstanding family medicine and preventive health services centered on community members, adding that the PHCC will continue its focus on delivering healthcare services by enhancing its family medicine model, focusing on disease prevention, supporting healthy lifestyles and wellness services, and ensuring integration in its services to provide a seamless healthcare experience for its patients.
He said that to achieve all of this, the PHCC will continue to develop its workforce and procedures and use modern technological solutions, which will enable it to improve the effectiveness of services provided to the community and achieve sustainability for the PHCC.
Assistant Managing Director for Strategy at PHCC Steven Emery said the corporation’s 3rd Corporate Strategic Plan has been formulated to guide the PHCC over the next seven years.
He emphasised that this plan is not just a document, but a commitment to raise the level of healthcare services, enhance access to them and raise the level of general well-being of communities.
"Based on the achievements of the previous strategy 2019-2023, the PHCC is proud to announce that it has exceeded 90 percent of its set strategic goals,” he noted.
Emery added that the most notable achievements include the opening of six new health centres in strategic locations, the implementation of the integrated family medicine model in all the PHCC’s health centres, with a significant increase in the use of specialised services, which rose from 53 percent in 2019 to 70 percent in 2023, in addition to the effective handling and management of 60 percent of mental health cases within primary care centres.
He pointed out that the PHCC also launched and expanded early detection programmes for breast cancer, colon cancer and rectal cancer to improve the likelihood of successful treatment, while the oral health initiative reached 75 percent of primary schools and 90 percent of kindergartens.