Ponta Grossa City Hall creates unit to standardize health care services

Prefeitura de Ponta Grossa instituted a new technical core to evaluate, review and validate protocols and procedures used in municipal health services. The measure was made official by Decree No. 27.077/2026, signed by prefeita Elizabeth Schmidt on November 9 and published in the Official Gazette of the Municipality on Thursday (12).

The main objective of the group is to standardize the work processes, increase the safety of patients and professionals and improve the integration between the different services that integrate the Unified Health System (SUS) in Ponta Grossa.

The initiative covers different sectors of the Municipal Health Secretariat, including Primary Care, Specialized Care, Emergency and Emergency, Health Surveillance, Pharmaceutical Assistance, Oral Health and Regulation.

What changes in health services?

With the creation of the core, the clinical, care and organizational protocols will go through a formal process of technical evaluation, considering scientific evidence, current norms and the reality of municipal services.

The group’s tasks include identifying document failures or inconsistencies, recommending adjustments, and technically approving procedures deemed appropriate.

The core may also recommend updating protocols already used by health units, especially when there are changes in standards, new scientific evidence or changes in the organization of services.

The preparation and implementation of the documents will continue under the responsibility of the respective technical areas. The new group will be in charge of evaluating and technically validating the content presented.

Up to 30 working days for evaluation

The decree establishes that the core will have up to 30 working days to analyze the documents received and issue technical opinion.

This period may be extended on justification, considering the complexity of the material or the need for adequacy to the calendar of meetings.

If inconsistencies are identified, the document will be returned to the sector responsible for corrections. In this situation, the counting of the deadline will be suspended until the re-presentation of the material.

After technical approval and other required authorizations, the protocols must be made available in the institutional channels of the Municipal Health Secretariat.

Core will have 19 members

The group will consist of ten full members and nine alternates, representing different sectors of municipal health.

Administrative coordination will be under the responsibility of the School of Public Health of the Municipal Health Secretariat.

Check out the designated representatives:

Primary care: Sabrina Barão Nunes;

Specialized attention: Manon Callaça;

Urgency and Emergency: Tatiana Pasqualini Catossi;

Health Surveillance: Jessica Senger Marin

Pharmaceutical Assistance: Renata Martins de Oliveira Ackler;

Oral Health: Mariane Aparecida Sanson Wayar;

Healthcare professionals: Juliano Teruya Maekawa and Jaqueline Voinarovicz Szafranski;

Regulation: Caroline Grzybowski Buiar;

School of Public Health: Francielly de Souza Campos.

The decree also allows the participation of invited professionals from other technical areas or institutions, according to the need of each analysis. These participants shall be of an advisory nature, without the right to vote.

Meetings will be monthly

The core should hold face-to-face meetings monthly, and may convene extraordinary meetings whenever necessary.

In order for the meetings to have deliberative validity, the minimum presence of six members with the right to vote will be required. Decisions shall be taken by simple majority and recorded in minutes.

The decree also establishes that the unjustified absence in three ordinary meetings, during a period of 12 months, may result in the replacement of the representative.

The new regulation repeals Municipal Decree No. 21,853 of May 15, 2023, and entered into force on Thursday (12), the date of its publication.

The expectation provided for in the regulation is to strengthen the organization of health services, establish uniform technical criteria and contribute to the quality and safety of care offered to the population of Ponta Grossa.

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