Table 1 Critical issues related to the management of cultural heritage in health organisations

Inventories

management

Inventory regulations applied to public health organizations cover only those assets used for the characteristic provision of the health care services. Offices in charge of managing articulated assets of health organizations, have opted for the coexistence of health inventories and inventories required by the field of cultural heritage management. In fact, personnel employed there often does not have a specific expertise in the field of cultural heritage.

Personnel

Management

In Italy, public health organizations are prevented from recruiting professional profiles with specific skills related to the management, conservation, and enhancement cultural heritage, because they are not provided for by the current regulations. This led to the retraining of available personnel in the specific field of cultural heritage.

Procurement/use

of ad hoc funding

The health purpose of the funding received from the State constrains the investment of these resources only in health, impeding their use in heritage-related activities.