Primary care

The World Health Organization's (WHO) European office has released a groundbreaking report highlighting the connection between healthcare quality and overall health outcomes in its 53 Member States.

A new WHO digital platform, UHC Watch, reveals that up to 20% of households across Europe experience catastrophic health spending, mainly due to out-of-pocket costs for medications. These expenses force people to forgo other basic needs such as food, housing, and heating.

The Health Ministry submitted a legislative plan to Parliament on Friday aimed at enhancing the role and resources of primary care doctors.

Until recently, the European Union’s health department enjoyed special attention, especially after the COVID-19 crisis, when it received an additional €5 billion in funding and established a new agency for health crisis response. At that time, Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides, with four decades of experience in the health sector, led the efforts.

European Union member-states will follow a collaborative model in 2025, with the aim of identifying emerging health technologies and to respond to the major challenges posed to the health systems by the development of new drugs and diagnostic tools.

Cutbacks are at a slow pace about diagnostic tests being introduced, following the implementation of treatment protocols, a measure designed to reduce costs and thus the clawback for diagnostic laboratories.

Six in 10 patients say they don't feel their care plan is organized around all of their health and wellness needs, describing an outpatient care system that does not ensure continuity in care, according to the conclusions of the pilot phase of a study by the Health Services Organization and Evaluation Laboratory of the University of Athens in collaboration with the Organization for Quality Assu

GPs are no longer required to disclose their mobile phones to be called at any time. In the evenings and at weekends, patients will be able to call medical practices with which their GP has contracted. The limits also fall for the referrals for dispensary patients.

Health reform, one of the government's key priorities, is slowly taking shape starting with two bills unveiled by the Health Ministry on 4 April that deal with digitalisation of healthcare and governance of the ZZZS, the country's public health insurer.

Six out of 10 patients suffering from long-term health problems in Greece do not have a health adviser and four in 10 are forced to follow treatment regimens that do not suit their needs, according to the preliminary findings of a new study.