Gesy cost €780m to run last year, revenues came to €840m
Revenue from contributions to the health system Gesy amounted to €840 million in 2020, a senior official told the Cyprus News Agency on Sunday. Angelos...
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‘Your GP is not your secretary’, HIO tells public
Personal doctors are not ‘secretaries’, the health insurance organisation (HIO) said on Friday and reminded people that Gesy beneficiaries need to visit their personal doctors...
Pensioners call for subsidised meds, lower Gesy contribution
Pensioners’ union Ekysy has called on the government to subsidise drugs for which they now must pay full price, and for lower Gesy contributions for...
War disabled lost benefits with introduction of Gesy
About 700 war-disabled lost free access to health care following the introduction of the national health scheme (Gesy), MPs heard on Tuesday. Speaking at the...
Over 43,000 receive inpatient Gesy care so far
A total of 43,448 people received inpatient care through the general health scheme (Gesy) since its introduction, according to figures released by the Health Insurance...
More than 850,000 registered with Gesy
More than 850,000 people registered with Gesy and with a general practitioner during the first 18 months of the health system’s operation, it was announced...
Doctors slam Okypy for not paying bonuses
Doctors union Pasyky on Monday slammed the state health services (Okypy) for failing to respect the deal reached between the two last year regarding monetary...
Coronavirus: nurses will make house calls to vaccinate bedridden people
Specialised nurses will pay house calls to administer coronavirus vaccinations to the bedridden, the health ministry said on Friday. As part of its vaccination roll-out,...
House passes Okypy and HIO budgets, securing Gesy finances
Parliament on Thursday passed the 2021 budgets for two agencies that are key components of the national health scheme (Gesy), also giving the nod to...
State hospitals ‘committed to sound financial management’
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Thursday refuted claims that the forced sale of public hospitals is on the cards unless the state health services organisation...
Auditor-general fears forced sale of hospitals if health services tank
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has assessed that the state health services organisation (Okypy) will be unable to cover its budget deficit by 2024, the date when...
Over 43,000 received Gesy inpatient care in six months
Over 43,000 beneficiaries of the national health scheme (Gesy) have received inpatient care since its launch, the health insurance organisation (HIO) told the health minister...
A health service at war with itself
The past week saw state health services organisation (Okypy) trading barbs with unions representing government doctors and nurses, the latter accusing the former of haphazardly...
Gesy psychologists will provide online sessions for patients from Jan 20
Clinical psychologists registered in the national health scheme (Gesy) will be able to provide online sessions to their clients starting January 20, the psychologist association...
More than 850,000 have signed up with Gesy
More than 850,000 beneficiaries have signed up with the general health scheme (Gesy), the health insurance organisation (HIO) said on Wednesday as it hailed the...
Govt warns of healthcare collapse if budget not passed (Updated)
Rejection of the 2021 state budget by parliament would lead to the collapse of the health system Gesy, the government warned on Wednesday as ruling...
Two-tier Gesy emerging, MPs hear as new potential abuse comes to light
The Audit Office has flagged several contracts made between the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) and private hospitals who joined the national health scheme Gesy. In...
Even more health providers expected to join Gesy by end of December
More health care providers from different specialties will register in the national health scheme (Gesy) by the end of December, the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO)...
New services available from Gesy from Tuesday
Additional services will be available under the general health scheme, Gesy, from Tuesday including preventive dental care, out-patients treatment for mental health, physiotherapy, occupational therapy,...
More services to be introduced to Gesy next week
More services will be introduced into Gesy next week, including a free annual dental clean, it was announced on Thursday. Head of the Health Insurance...