Support programme for frontline regions: healthcare facilities receive over UAH 280 million in additional funding

To ensure that Ukrainians in frontline areas have proper living conditions and unimpeded access to quality services – educational, social, and medical – the Government has introduced the Comprehensive Support Programme for Frontline Regions.

Under this programme, from August to November 2025, healthcare facilities operating in frontline, remote communities and those where active combat is taking place have received over UAH 280 million in additional funding. The funds are directed towards improving people’s access to medical care and supporting healthcare workers.

In total, healthcare facilities have received an additional UAH 282 million:

• UAH 54.2 million – supplements to primary healthcare facilities;
• UAH 56.2 million – supplements to emergency medical care facilities;
• UAH 171.7 million – funding under the package “Ensuring the Preservation of Human Resource Capacity for the Provision of Medical Care”.

“Frontline communities live under the difficult conditions of constant shelling. The state’s task is to ensure that people in high-risk zones have equally high-quality and accessible social services, including medical ones. We must also support those who continue to work in healthcare near the front line and save lives. The changes introduced under the Support Programme for Frontline Regions enable additional funding for healthcare facilities, allowing for salary increases and the retention of skilled personnel,” noted Oleksii Kuleba, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine and Minister for Communities and Territories Development.

As a reminder, since October this year, primary healthcare providers operating in frontline areas (currently nine regions have been designated) benefit from an increased coefficient of 1.2 applied to the base capitation rate.

In October, the total supplements across these regions – Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Chernihiv – amounted to UAH 5.8 million.

The largest supplements under the 1.2 coefficient were received by:

- Kherson region – UAH 2.2 million per month;

- Dnipropetrovsk region – UAH 1.6 million;

- Donetsk region – UAH 1.1 million.

In addition, reducing coefficients for primary healthcare facilities in frontline areas have been abolished, increasing payments by a further UAH 21 million per month.

Thanks to the removal of adjustment coefficients, funding has increased most significantly in Kharkiv region (+UAH 7.6 million per month), Zaporizhzhia region (+UAH 3.2 million), and Odesa region (+UAH 3.1 million).

Additional financial support is also provided to emergency medical care facilities in frontline areas (Sumy and Chernihiv regions).

The new increased coefficients are now:

• 1.48 – for areas of potential combat operations (previously 1.1);
• 6.01 – for areas of active combat operations (previously 1.26).

Furthermore, facilities providing primary medical care in communities with low population density now receive 20% more funding per patient declaration. Since September, the monthly amount of such supplements has been around UAH 20 million.

The package “Ensuring the Preservation of Human Resource Capacity for the Provision of Medical Care” provides additional funding to healthcare facilities operating in combat zones. Such facilities will receive a set amount per employee each month to increase the wage fund. Since the changes took effect, contracts under this package have been signed with providers in frontline areas for a total of UAH 515 million.

Background

The Support Programme for Frontline Regions is a comprehensive 10-year programme that combines the reconstruction of housing, schools, hospitals, and critical infrastructure with support for local businesses and direct assistance to people. The programme is built around five priorities: people, housing, security, business, and health. This provides communities not only with restored infrastructure but also with resources for long-term development, even under the difficult conditions caused by the war.