Officials tour Eunpyeong-gu's best-practice integrated care sites and hear from frontline workers as the Integrated Care Support Act takes effect
Eunpyeong-gu in Seoul hosted a field visit and policy roundtable on integrated medical and long-term care on Tuesday, bringing together National Assembly Vice Speaker Nam In-soon, lawmaker Park Ju-min, and officials from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the National Health Insurance Service.
The visit was organized to assess on-the-ground conditions in the early stages of the Act on Integrated Support for Community Care, Including Medical and Long-term Care Services, and to share Eunpyeong-gu's best-practice cases and frontline perspectives.
The delegation reviewed the district's progress and specialized projects and discussed challenges and areas for improvement. The district called for a rational national funding framework that accounts for local fiscal conditions, as well as revised performance indicators that better reflect realities on the ground — both seen as essential to the stable establishment of integrated care.
The group then visited Salim Medical Welfare Social Cooperative to observe a community-based model of medical and care coordination built on public-private collaboration, and exchanged views on practical ways to strengthen that partnership.
National Assembly Vice Speaker Nam praised Eunpyeong-gu staff for their commitment to integrated care and their attentiveness to residents' daily lives.
Eunpyeong-gu District Mayor Kim Mi-kyung said frontline experience and voices must be faithfully reflected in policy for integrated care to take firm root in the community. "Eunpyeong-gu will continue to strengthen integrated care that residents can truly feel by closely linking the district's medical, welfare and care resources," she said.
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