Changsha builds “15-minute medical circle”, raising average life expectancy to 81.1 years

China News Service, Changsha, November 10 (Fu Jingyi) Build a "15-minute medical treatment circle" and a "15-minute childcare service circle"... In recent years, Changsha has continued to promote the construction of a healthy Changsha. There are 6,635 medical and health institutions in the city, 119,400 health practitioners, and the average life expectancy has increased to 81.1 years.

On November 10, the Changsha Municipal Health Commission held a special press conference. Su Minfang, director of the Changsha Municipal Health Commission, released the results of the construction of a healthy Changsha in recent years in response to the public's urgent need for medical treatment.

In recent years, Changsha City has seized the opportunity of the national public hospital reform and high-quality development demonstration project to build five compact urban medical groups, four county medical communities, establish a "15-minute medical circle", and regularly carry out "Changsha Famous Doctors Grassroots Tour" to make it more convenient for people to seek medical treatment nearby, so that minor illnesses can be kept within the community and serious illnesses can be guaranteed.

Changsha City has built a digital health benchmark city in Hunan Province and promoted 98 secondary and above medical institutions to connect to the provincial "Three Doctors and One Network" platform. In 2026, the number of mutual recognition of inspection results of medical institutions will reach 238,600 times, saving the public about 17 million yuan. The "Family Doctors and Long-term Companions" corporate WeChat service platform has actively served nearly 2 million people, realizing family doctor services that can be "handheld and available at any time."

Focusing on the key groups of "one old and one young", Changsha City has launched actions to promote the health of children and adolescents such as weight, vision, psychology, bone, and oral health. 1,013 primary and secondary schools have been equipped with health vice-principals. It has promoted the general opening of geriatric medicine departments and hospice wards in general hospitals above the second level, promoted comprehensive assessment of the elderly, full-cycle health management of Alzheimer's disease, and vigorously developed home-based elderly care medical services.

Changsha City continues to improve the comprehensive prevention and treatment system for birth defects covering pre-marital, pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and neonatal periods. The national inclusive child care demonstration project passed the acceptance test and was rated as "excellent". It built a "15-minute child care service circle" and issued a total of 4 million yuan in child care vouchers in 4 batches. At the same time, it took the lead in implementing a comprehensive prevention and treatment project for rare hereditary diseases across the country, implementing free non-invasive prenatal genetic testing for pregnant women, genetic and tandem mass spectrometry screening for newborn hereditary deafness, and has served more than 2 million people in total.

To create a social atmosphere in which "everyone learns first aid and provides first aid to everyone", Changsha's emergency medical rescue and blood support system continues to improve. At present, Changsha's AED (automated external defibrillator) deployment rate in public places ranks among the top in the country. By deploying AEDs in business districts, schools, subways, and parks, AED maps are online and connected to the "Changsha 120" official account and Baidu Maps to facilitate citizens to quickly check and obtain them nearby.

Su Minfang said that the current health needs of Changsha citizens have shifted from "accessible medical care" to "fewer illnesses, better medical care nearby, and light medical care burden." Changsha will integrate health policies into the entire process of urban governance, coordinate the coordinated efforts of prevention, medical treatment, medical insurance, talents, and industry, and comprehensively improve the six major capabilities of health management, disease prevention and control, medical services, medical insurance support, medical innovation, and talent cultivation. (over)