Annual report of the National Audit Office: healthcare capacity is increasingly failing to keep up with the need for treatment, and reform plans exceed the capacity to implement changes
05.11.2026
TALLINN, 5 November 2026 – The capacity of the Estonian healthcare system is not keeping up with the need for treatment and the gap is widening, concludes the National Audit Office in its annual thematic report. Access to specialised medical care has not improved despite a significant increase in costs, the shortage of family physicians is worsening, and more changes are being planned at the same time than can be implemented with the available funding, staff and IT capacity.
