Conselho Estadual de Saúde CES/RJ -- Estrutura de funcionamento enquanto controle social, e a perspectiva quanto à participação dos representantes da gestão da Secretaria Estadual de Saúde do Rio de Janeiro SES/RJ

Abstract

The State Health Council of the State of Rio de Janeiro CES/RJ is a permanent, equal and deliberative collegiate body, with the functions of formulating strategies, controlling and supervising the execution of state health policies, including the economic and financial aspects, allowing system users to be members of the Council, with representation and voting rights. CES/RJ still monitors and contributes to the strengthening of Municipal Health Councils. The objective of this work is to examine the performance of social control in the State Health Council CES/RJ. To this end, we seek to document its internal functioning since its creation, highlighting the organization of internal work, the processes of appointing directors for the composition of seats in Management Committees, and the developments for the monitoring and construction of the health policy. Understanding that the literature found on the movements carried out by social control in the field of health has a greater focus on the representation of users of the unified health system and health professionals, the objective of this work is also to analyze the quality of the representation of management of the technical staff of SES/RJ in the seats of CES/RJ. The study's methodology was the analysis of the minutes of the plenary meetings of the CES full collegiate in the years 2013 and 2020, based on the systematization of the subjects the following axes: (i) institutional development; and (ii) democratic learning. The expected product of this study is to provoke reflections and discussions on the ascending growth line that the analysis of the minutes showed, in the sense of showing a council that has been drawing up over the years better organized and more present within the issues that involve fundamental decisions in the constructions of public health policies within the state of Rio de Janeiro.