Responses to the Bureau of the Panhellenic Medical Association on the wave of doctors from the NHS is given by Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis.

In a post on X, the responsible minister, after declaring that he has a poor relationship with the PIS President, stresses that the number of departures the club has released is not confirmed.

See the post of Minister of Health

About a real number of doctors serving in the NHS and a response to the Panhellenic Medical Association

As you may know with the President of the PIS I have a bad personal relationship, I will not analyze the reasons because it doesn’t matter. But what matters is about the real facts to speak precisely because otherwise how do we talk?

Today, the PIS has made a statement to support its overall criticism and opposition to our reforms (private doctors’ doctors, private doctors in the NHS, incentives for barren areas, etc.).

The announcement raises its argument on the finding of the PIS that the retirements from the NHS are increasing over time, while the recruitment and thus the medical staff working in the NHS are constantly declining.

Here the announcement https://pis.gr

The arguments for value must be true though. I asked the service to confirm these numbers and…. They were completely wrong.

Here the answer of the service:

“1) The number of departures given by the PIS is not confirmed. Specifically, according to our service data, up to 20.8.2025, retirements including retirements and resignations either for personal reasons or for appointment to another position in the NHS or the University, up to 3125, while 132 of them are resigned to another position at the University.

2) The same applies to the number of recruitments given by the PIS. It is noted that the recruitment of the NHS doctors in the year 2025 are referring to a majority of the notices of October, November and December 2024 and present the following picture: from a total of 790 announcements for hospitals and the structures, (267) and ongoing appointments (53), while for 80 posts the crisis process and selection is evolved.

3) Finally, the total of the serving physicians, permanent and auxiliary, in May 2024 was 21748, while in June 2025 21861, that is, a numerical increase in 383 IATRON, compared to 71, if retirement and resignations are taken into account. “

That is, dear, Mr Exadactic and other Board of Directors of the PIS, if your argument to prove the merits of your criticism was that “doctors who serve in the NHS are reduced”, then since their number is ultimately +312 then their growth is in reverse?

We said the empathy must have some limits. Well, the NHS is in its best condition than ever and in terms of its staff number.
We had problems, we have and will have but at all levels we go much better.