Uzbekistan to tie doctors' and nurses' pay to KPIs and patient ratings from 2027

Uzbekistan will begin state registration of medical and pharmaceutical workers on 1 July 2027. Registered doctors and pharmacists will receive a 7 million som allowance and nurses 3.5 million som, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on 27 October during a meeting with health and pharmaceutical staff.

Registration will be voluntary at first and become mandatory from 2030, when only registered specialists will be allowed to practise. Registration will be valid for five years. The procedure was approved by government resolution No. 577 of 19 October 2026, and the Center for Assessment of Medical and Pharmaceutical Workers' Qualifications has been named the authorised body.

The president said doctors' and nurses' salaries will be linked to KPIs from 2027, with public satisfaction with medical services as the main criterion. How patient ratings will be collected and what share of pay will depend on them has not yet been specified. Heads of 26 specialised centres will also work on one-year contracts, and the state will cover training costs for 130,000 medical workers.