Supportive | Reservations about the policy | Opposed |
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Policy 1: Increase opportunities for students from rural backgrounds to enter medical college in the public sector, through providing state sponsored training for the NEET for students from rural areas. | ||
Department of Medical Education, regulators, training institutions, doctors’ association, AYUSH association, medical officers, district-level administration | Medical officers, Private sector hospital association, (personal opinion, did not represent association) |  |
Policy 2: Develop and enforce a compulsory rural posting policy requiring that all newly hired doctors spend a minimum of 3 years in an underserved community (priority districts/under-served rural facilities) | ||
Private sector hospital association, rural medical practitioners association, national level agencies, civil society | Doctors’ associations (leadership was personally supportive) | Frontline medical officers, district-level administrator, regulators |
Policy 3: Allow home district posting for clinical cadres (RETAIN) | ||
Doctor’s associations, nurses’ association, medical officers, national-level stakeholders |  | District-level administration |
Policy 4: Living conditions – Improve staff housing infrastructure and security in rural facilities. (RETAIN) | ||
All stakeholders | Â | Â |
Policy 5: Working conditions - Increase coordination across health departments and agencies to ensure that health workers have appropriate inputs and supports to do their job including the availability of functioning equipment, electricity, drugs and other supplies. (RETAIN) | ||
Most stakeholders | Health systems expert | Â |
Policy 6: Permit private practice for government doctors and develop a policy that regulates hours and conditions under which private practice can occur and remove the non-private practice allowance. (RETAIN) | ||
Medical officers | District-level administration, doctors association | National-level stakeholders; civil society |
Policy 7(a) Support the shifting of tasks from MBBS to AYUSH doctors in rural settings through: i. Assess the clinical competence of AYUSH doctors in the provision of services previously provided by MBBS ii. Additional on-the-job and short-term training to AYUSH doctors Supportive supervision to AYUSH doctors | ||
Directorate of Medical Education, AYUSH association, rural medical practitioners association, national-level heath agencies | Medical officers | Doctors’ association, district-level administration |
Policy 7(b) Explore further task shifting options from MBBS to nurses (community health officers) | ||
Nurses associations, national level health agencies, frontline health workers, Department of Medical Education, civil society organization | Doctors’ association |  |