State contribution to Gesy reduces fiscal surplus in 2019
The state’s contribution to the national health scheme Gesy was the main reason for the 33 per cent smaller fiscal surplus in 2019 compared to...
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Increased Gesy contributions for one month only
Salary deductions to support phase 2 of Gesy will be reduced from April until the end of June as part of the emergency package to...
Coronavirus: Non-citizens with expired work permits can still use Gesy until Sept 30
Non-Cypriot citizens who are legal residents and those whose work permits have expired, can retain access to the health service Gesy until September 30, the...
Coronavirus: ban on switching GPs during Covid-19 crisis
The health insurance organisation (HIO) said Tuesday health scheme beneficiaries were banned from switching GPs for as long as the coronavirus emergency was in effect....
EAC workers postpone strike
Workers at the electricity authority on Friday postponed their scheduled 24-hour strike next week following the coronavirus outbreak in the country. Workers’ trade unions had...
Gesy contributions to increase with March paycheques
Ahead of Gesy’s phase two rollout, contributions from most people to the programme will increase from the current 1.7 per cent to 2.65 per cent...
Some Gesy doctors are potential tax cheats, inland revenue boss says
Doctors enrolled with the national health scheme (Gesy) may be engaging in tax avoidance by exploiting a loophole in the law, while over 100 physicians...
Overworked state pathologists threaten mass resignations
Pathologists working at Nicosia general hospital are threatening mass resignations because of overwork, state doctors’ association president Soteres Koumas told the media on Wednesday. The...
‘Real work needed to implement Gesy’
State hospitals are once again in the firing line over complaints of poor service, causing concern ahead of the rollout of the second phase of...
Prescription charges increase as Gesy reviews drug categories
After being charged higher prices in pharmacies, patients have complained they were caught unawares by changes in Gesy regulations that mean all prescription items are...
More private clinics showing interest in Gesy, state nurses concerned over ‘chaos’ at public hospitals
SO far, 41 of the 75 registered private hospitals have expressed interest in joining Gesy, it was announced on Friday while at the same time...
State preparing to counter risk of public service pay cuts being reinstated, Petrides says
The treasury is preparing reaction scenarios should the Supreme Court uphold the ruling of the Administrative Court on the unconstitutionality of cuts in salaries and...
Private clinics sign initial agreement over Gesy
The head of the private hospitals’ association Pasin on Monday signed the long-awaited memorandum with the health insurance organisation (HIO) which forms the basis of...
MoU for dialogue to start between private hospitals and HIO to be signed Monday
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the start of the dialogue between the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) and private hospitals will be signed on Monday,...
Extended hours approved in state hospitals to serve backlogs
The Cabinet on Monday approved a proposal by the health minister for the extension of overtime work in state hospitals until the end of May...
Second phase of Gesy will ease hospital congestion, says minister
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou met with state health services (Okypy) representatives at the Limassol general hospital on Wednesday morning to discuss the issue of overcrowding in public...
Gesy negotiations with private hospitals progressing
Negotiations over Gesy between private hospitals and the government are progressing as those “representing 85 per cent of the private sector’s capacity” are interested in...
Hospitals and HIO keep talking
Private hospitals and the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) held what appeared to be a productive exchange on Thursday, although both sides stressed there was still...
Cabinet releases funds for private hospitals to join Gesy
The cabinet on Wednesday approved the health minister’s proposal to provide €70 million in guarantees to allow private hospitals to join Gesy. Government guarantees to...
Gesy revenues, expenses better than expected
The health insurance organisation (HIO), which oversees the national health system (Gesy), said Tuesday its revenues from contributions exceeded initial estimates by €30m up until...
