Posts tagged with "GESY"

Health minister dismisses scaremongering over resignation of state doctors Health

Health minister dismisses scaremongering over resignation of state doctors

March 17th, 20191269 The national health scheme Gesy will go ahead as scheduled and there is no reason to worry about the resignation of state doctors, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Sunday. Speaking at a memorial event, Ioannou said, in response to questions, that Gesy would be implemented according to the timetables and legislation. "On...
Cabinet accepts health chief's resignation (updated) Cyprus

Cabinet accepts health chief's resignation (updated)

March 7th, 20191726 The cabinet on Thursday accepted the resignation of the chairman of the board of the state health services organisation (Okypy), Sir David Nicholson, who decided to step down over allegations of conflict of interest. The announcement was made by Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou following the meeting. In his February 27 letter,...
Few specialists registered interest in Gesy Cyprus

Few specialists registered interest in Gesy

March 5th, 20191872 Only around 50 doctors have expressed interest so far in working as specialists under the National Health Scheme (Gesy) of the 1,700 the government was hoping for, reports said on Tuesday. According to daily Politis, some two weeks after registrations opened for specialists, only a small number have expressed interest. The Health...
Pasydy members pull out of Gesy talks Cyprus

Pasydy members pull out of Gesy talks

March 4th, 20191438 State medical staff who are members of the civil servants’ union Pasydy are taking measures as of Monday to protest against the state health service (Okypy)’s handling of the transition into the National Health Scheme (Gesy). They are dissatisfied with the way Okypy is handling important procedures such as the autonomisation of...
Provident funds look set to be exempted from Gesy payments Cyprus

Provident funds look set to be exempted from Gesy payments

February 26th, 20191523 The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) said on Tuesday it is open to the proposal to exempt provident funds from contributing to the national health scheme, known as Gesy. In parliament, MPs said a number of people have come forward with concerns that their provident funds may be tapped to provide a source of financing for Gesy, thus...
Information campaign to explain all about Gesy Cyprus

Information campaign to explain all about Gesy

February 26th, 20191896 An information campaign will be launched on Wednesday covering everything members of the public need to know about the National Health Scheme (Gesy). The campaign, launched by the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), will offer information on when Gesy will be launched, its services, what beneficiaries are entitled to, their...
Pharmacists express their concerns over Gesy Health

Pharmacists express their concerns over Gesy

February 25th, 20191574 The pharmaceutical association reasserted its support for the implementation of the National Health Scheme (Gesy), but noted that its members are concerned over changes in the system for compensation of pharmacists. The association decided in an extraordinary general assembly on Sunday that it will allow its negotiating team another...
Medical societies dismiss claims of CyMA manipulation Cyprus

Medical societies dismiss claims of CyMA manipulation

February 24th, 2019986 The vast majority of medical societies explicitly dismissed claims of manipulation by the leadership of the Cyprus Medical Association (CyMA), and declared that they will not be making any agreements with the state for their participation in the National Health Scheme (Gesy) if all demands of the association are not met. In an...
‘Hospitals should be autonomous by the summer’ Cyprus

‘Hospitals should be autonomous by the summer’

February 21st, 20192210 Efforts are being made by the state health services (Okypy) so that by the summer, general hospitals around the island are autonomous and the services provided under the National Health Scheme (Gesy) are improved, general manager of Okypy Nikolaos Polyzos told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Thursday. “Since January 1, Okypy has...
Commissioner for Gesy announced Health

Commissioner for Gesy announced

February 20th, 20191531 The cabinet on Wednesday approved the appointment of Dr Christodoulos Kaisis as Commissioner for the General Health System Gesy, to examine and evaluate any complaints or complaints submitted by any interested party. Deputy government spokeswoman, Klelia Vasiliou said after the cabinet meeting that the starting date for the...
Doctors ready to discuss Gesy but want conditions satisfied Cyprus

Doctors ready to discuss Gesy but want conditions satisfied

February 20th, 20191350 The Cyprus Medical Association (CyMA) is ready to discuss the implementation of the national health scheme (Gesy) along the lines of the prerequisites set by the association’s general assembly last October, its members agreed during a meeting on Tuesday. Members of the association’s medical board (SIS) unanimously agreed that they...
Breast cancer coalition appeals for cooperation in introduction of Gesy Cyprus

Breast cancer coalition appeals for cooperation in introduction of Gesy

February 20th, 20191084 Europa Donna Cyprus, the local chapter of the European Breast Cancer Coalition, issued a statement Wednesday in support of a national health scheme (Gesy). “We urge all those involved to show a spirit of cooperation and responsibility and to realise the scale of the endeavour but also the fact that the general health scheme, to...
Doctor numbers joining Gesy ‘exceeding expectations’ Cyprus

Doctor numbers joining Gesy ‘exceeding expectations’

February 19th, 20191748 Around 250 doctors have so far registered to work as general practitioners (GPs) under the National Health Scheme (Gesy), exceeding government expectations, officials said on Tuesday. Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Monday evening told students and pupils that attended an informal cabinet meeting that so far 250 doctors had...
Medical association leadership serving vested interests, doctor says Cyprus

Medical association leadership serving vested interests, doctor says

February 19th, 20191273   Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday that some members of the medical association’s leadership do not want the implementation of the national health system (Gesy) for personal reasons as a prominent member of the association (CyMA) resigned, accusing some of his colleagues of being manipulated by big...
Paediatricians say children must not be treated by GPs under Gesy Health

Paediatricians say children must not be treated by GPs under Gesy

February 14th, 20192321 If not enough paediatricians join the National Health Scheme (Gesy), the government must find a way to make sure children will not be treated by general physicians (GPs), MPs heard on Thursday. During the discussion at the House health committee on the contracts to be given to private doctors who will register with Gesy as GPs and...
Minister, doctors in war of words over Gesy Cyprus

Minister, doctors in war of words over Gesy

February 12th, 20191896 Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Tuesday called on the leadership of the medical association (CyMA) to admit they will never consent to the implementation of the National Health Scheme (Gesy) after the latter dismissed as fake news reports that one of their members had sent the minister a written compromise deal. Earlier in the...
Hospital doctors leave for better Gesy terms in private practice Cyprus

Hospital doctors leave for better Gesy terms in private practice

February 5th, 20192712 State doctors are fleeing public healthcare to join the National Health Scheme (Gesy), which is offering attractive annual earnings and other incentives, according to Sotiris Koumas, head of the state doctors’ union, Pasyki on Tuesday, who said that public hospitals are failing to secure replacement doctors. Current earnings of...
People with rare disease face ‘numerous inequalities’ in health care Health

People with rare disease face ‘numerous inequalities’ in health care

February 2nd, 20192153 PATIENTS with rare diseases are being forced to seek medical help in the private sector, reaching deep into their pockets for treatment to avoid long lists in state, the head of the Federation of Rare Diseases, Dr Androula Eleftheriou said on Friday. During a press conference to launch events to lead up to Rare Disease Day marked on...
House passes regulations governing Gesy contributions Health

House passes regulations governing Gesy contributions

February 1st, 20192359 The regulations on contributions to the National Health Scheme (Gesy) were approved by the House plenum on Friday. Regulations, voted with 36 votes for and two abstentions, provide for the procedure for collecting, paying and withholding contributions for the purposes of Gesy. The package also includes regulations determining...
Neurosurgeons join Gesy rejection chorus Health

Neurosurgeons join Gesy rejection chorus

January 31st, 20191346 The neurosurgical society on Thursday urged its members not to join the National Health Scheme (Gesy) citing the belief that the proposed scheme did not guarantee quality healthcare. The organisation said in a written statement that taking into account the seriousness of the cases they face both chronic and urgent, they believe that a...
Keve says Gesy contributions will begin as planned on March 1 Cyprus

Keve says Gesy contributions will begin as planned on March 1

January 29th, 20191704 The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) announced on Tuesday its members would follow through on their obligation to start contributions to the National Health Scheme (Gesy) on March 1, though these will be suspended should Gesy deviate from the given time-frame. However, Keve said from the outset it was in favour of a...
State wants hospital overseer's interests kept out of any Gesy tenders Health

State wants hospital overseer's interests kept out of any Gesy tenders

January 24th, 20191882 The government said Thursday it was considering asking a health official whom it has been suggested may have a conflict of interest, to provide assurances that any companies he is or was linked with would not take part in any tenders conducted by the outfit he works for. According to Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou, this was the...
Greek medical association backs Cypriot counterparts over Gesy Cyprus

Greek medical association backs Cypriot counterparts over Gesy

January 22nd, 20191736 The Greek medical association on Tuesday said it was against the move of doctors from Greece to Cyprus to work as family doctors (GPs) and specialists under the National Health Scheme (Gesy), pledging solidarity to their Cypriot colleagues. Head of the Greek medical association Michalis Vlastarakos told the Cyprus News Agency he did...
Pathologists, haematologists and cardiologists decide against Gesy (updated)  Cyprus

Pathologists, haematologists and cardiologists decide against Gesy (updated) 

January 22nd, 20192916 The medical societies of pathologists, haematologists and cardiologists have formally announced they will not back the National Health Scheme (Gesy) and urged their members not to join. The three groups, in separate announcements, expressed reservations as to the successful implementation of Gesy also citing lack of adequate...
Increased contributions will affect spending and recruitment Guest Columnist

Increased contributions will affect spending and recruitment

January 20th, 20192085 By Theodoros Mantis The social insurance plan and the imminent implementation of the national health scheme (Gesy) are among the most crucial chapters of the state’s social policy. From January 1, there  are be changes to the contributions by employees, the self-employed and the optionally insured to the Social Insurance...
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