Only 37 per cent of eligible women utilise free Pap tests
Despite being provided with a free cervical cancer screening, better known as a Pap test, once every two years under the national health scheme, Gesy, only 37.13 per cent of eligible ...
More Gesy beneficiaries visit private doctors year-on-year, data shows
The vast majority of outpatient visits to specialists and personal doctors concerns health professionals in the private sector registered under Gesy, data from the state statistical service showed on Friday.
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Our View: We must respect Gesy law
In the end, a feud between two civil servants over a promotion that dates back several years was the reason we found out that a provision of the Gesy law ...
Kanari supports changes for patients sent abroad for treatment
Health Minister Popi Kanari has thrown her support behind a plan to transfer the process of sending patients abroad to the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO).
Speaking after a meeting of ...
Waiting lists for specialists in Cyprus getting worse
But who’s to blame: a demanding patient or a nervous GP?
By Elias Hazou
The problem of long waiting times to see a specialist in the national health system (...
Transfer of patients abroad to come under Gesy umbrella (update)
The government is evaluating a proposal to bring the process of sending patients abroad for treatment under the umbrella of Gesy.
According to health ministry spokesman Dimitris Constantinou, the details ...
Hospital finance deal proves elusive as time runs out
Patients using public hospitals could potentially face serious problems, as the health insurance organisation (HIO) and state hospital services organisation (Okypy) seem to be at loggerheads over a financial agreement, ...
‘Full of traps,’ says Tatar on Christodoulides’ rumoured CBMs
The 14-point package of confidence building measures (CBMs) reportedly being prepared by President Nikos Christodoulides is “full of traps”, according to Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar.
The authenticity of the ...
A&E departments of private hospitals to join Gesy
September will see a range of changes in the national health care system (Gesy) with the health insurance organisation (HIO) ready to implement several decisions drawn up in recent months, ...
Patients to play active role in evaluating Gesy services
Patients will have a more active role in evaluating services offered through Gesy, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Friday after a Cabinet meeting.
The evaluation process is set to ...
Despite weaknesses, Gesy a success minister tells diaspora
The government’s vision for Gesy “is the creation of a new culture where beneficiaries and providers will protect it, for it is property of the Republic’s citizens and ...
Cyprus fourth in EU for number of doctors
In 2021 Cyprus ranked fourth in the EU in terms of the number of practising doctors per capita, according to data just released by Eurostat.
In Cyprus the number of licensed ...
Changes planned to payment of GPs
The Health Insurance Organisation – the agency running the national health system or Gesy – will as of this autumn alter the way in which personal doctors are remunerated, with 20 per cent ...
Gesy is really, really messy
Finance minister has described Gesy as a ‘black hole’ of funds. He’s right
By Brian Lait
Gesy, the long awaited and much discussed Cyprus health scheme officially kicked off ...
New plan to be sent to private hospitals (Update 2)
HIO chairman Stavros Michael said he was positive all hospitals will sign the final agreement, stressing that the organisation has no sustainability problems.
The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) sent a ...
Outpatient clinics to have regular working hours on weekends
Opening hours for outpatient services on weekends and holidays are being simplified, HIO director Andreas Papaconstantinou said on Thursday.
The change, which takes effect immediately, came about due to apparent ...
Roadmaps prepared to improve Gesy
President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday convened a meeting at the presidential palace to discuss the issues facing the operation and implementation of national health scheme Gesy.
Alongside Gesy operator Health ...
Meeting called by President to hammer out Gesy distortions
Distortions and problems in the implementation of the state healthcare system (Gesy) are to be hammered out in a general meeting convened by President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday.
The main ...
President to host key Gesy meeting
Health Minister Popi Kanari said that a meeting on the future of Gesy will take place at the presidential palace on Friday with key stakeholders.
The minister explained on Wednesday ...
Patients and medical association in spat over allowing doctors deciding role in Gesy
The Pancyprian medical association (Pis) slammed patient organisation Osak on Monday, accusing them of spreading “false and baseless information”.
The spat erupted after Pis proposed that doctors serve on the ...
Legal oversight means Gesy watchdog is shrouded in secrecy
Accessibility of Gesy providers for people with disabilities is not a given
By Efi Xanthou
On October 27, 2022, a report from Gesy’s oversight ombudsperson was distributed to various government departments ...
Our View: Is there a plan to deal with problems in Gesy?
A few weeks ago, everyone marked the four years of the national health scheme Gesy, the only public institution that is afforded a birthday celebration every year. We very much ...
Ongoing physiotherapists row causing ‘unimaginable suffering’
Patients undergo “unimaginable suffering” because of an ongoing spat between physiotherapists and the and the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), the federation of patients’ associations said on Tuesday.
They called on ...
Overcharging doctors are not widespread, says HIO
Irregular doctor charges and long waiting times for appointments are not widespread, head of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) Andreas Papaconstantinou said on Monday.
Speaking on CyBC’s morning programme, ...