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Continual professional development and lifelong learning for health personnel

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This study has mapped and reviewed the continuous professional development and lifelong learning of doctors, nurses, dentists, midwives and pharmacists in the 28 member countries of the EU and EFTA countries. It describes the policy background to the topic, reviews available literature and illustrates the outcomes of a Europe – wide survey and expert workshop, […]

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Portugal: assessing capacity to manage sudden large influxes of migrants

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Sudden and unpredictable influxes of migrants pose significant challenges to recipient countries’ health systems. Influxes in southern European countries in particular have underlined the need to identify best practices, share experiences and start an efficient policy dialogue between stakeholders. In several ways, Portugal could be seen as a model for migrant-integration practices, although there is scope

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Migrants and Health

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This edition of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies has focused on the health issues of migrants. It also includes articles on the commercialisation of public hospitals in Poland, perceptions about the affordability of care in the Netherlands, pharmaceutical market reform in Portugal and health service reform in Cyprus. To download the whole

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International comparisons of low value care and avoidable hospitalisations

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ECHO – the European Collaboration for Healthcare Optimization – has produced three performance atlases showing unwarranted differences in health systems between Denmark, England, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain. Each atlas looks at a different topic and these first three are Lower Value Care, Potentially Avoidable Hospitalisations and Coronary Revascularisation. For more information, click here on http://cts.vresp.com

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Problems with the directive on trade secrets

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A new directive on trade secrets being produced by the European Commission is strongly criticized by the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA). They are particularly concerned that: it contains an unreasonably broad definition of ‘trade secrets’ it offers overly-broad protection for companies there are inadequate safeguards to ensure consumers, journalists and researchers have reliable access to

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EU consumers to benefit from better labeling

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New food labeling rules have come into effect that will ensure consumers receive clearer, more comprehensive and accurate information on food content. The key changes in labeling include: Improved legibility of information (minimum font size for mandatory information); Mandatory allergen information for non-prepacked food, including in restaurants and cafes; Mandatory origin information for fresh meat

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Cervical cancer hits the developing world hard

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Cervical cancer is one of the deadliest, yet most easily prevented, forms of cancer for women, causing over 270,000 deaths a year, 85{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of which occur in developing countries. It is estimated that over one million women worldwide are currently living with cervical cancer and the majority of these have no access to health services

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