Carrying out the education of health professionals (physicians and nurses) in order to improve individual counselling for persons threatened by risk factors for the development of CNDs.

In order to support employers in improving safety and health at work, the Government shall establish and develop the information system, reform educational and training programmes and develop of safety practice methods through counselling, free instruction and other instruments.

Professional activities in some sectors are reserved to Ukrainian nationals or are subject to special requirements (medicine, education, legal services not including business consultancy involving relevant legal aspects).

Whereas professional bodies and professional educational and training establishments should, where appropriate, be consulted or be involved in an appropriate way in the decision-making process;

Such general measures, which may include general reduction of the taxation of labour and social costs, boosting investment in general education and training, measures to provide guidance and counselling, general assistance and training for the unemployed and improvements in labour law are therefore unaffected by this Regulation.

Whereas, apart from the benefit to patients, it is also recognized that improved training for the specific function of general medical practitioner would contribute to an improvement in health care, particularly by developing a more selective approach to the consultation of specialists, use of laboratories and other highly specialized establishments and equipment;

education and vocational training - including vocational training equivalent to compulsory schooling - apprenticeships, pre-training, in particular the provision and upgrading of basic skills, rehabilitation in employment, measures to promote employability on the labour market, guidance, counselling and continuing training;