In its 2025 report, the State Audit found that 73% of residents named long waiting lists as the main health system problem in 2025, up from 55% in 2018, and that waiting times for family doctors and specialists often exceed legal limits. In 13 municipalities, more than half of residents waited over seven days for a family doctor, and about a quarter of specialist consultations have not been provided within 30 days.
The report also notes that among actions to improve access to services that the Ministry of Health has planned to fulfil by 2030 some have been already delayed in the interim. These include expansion of the primary care teams, increase in volumes of day care and day surgery, and health workforce empowerment, attraction and retention. Moreover, the Ministry lacks data from municipal healthcare institutions for tracking progress in access.