hospitals
The goal is to find common ground between both sides to reach an agreement on collective labour agreements for employees at the hospitals, Health Minister...
President and labour ministry ready to mediate health workers’ crisis (Updated)
The labour ministry is ready for mediation proceedings if needed, minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Thursday, while President Nikos Christodoulides is also ready to step...
Our View: Hospitals paying the price of previous government’s cowardice
Arguably the most foolish decision taken by the Anastasiades government when working out the practicalities of Gesy was to allow the employees of the state...
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...
Foreign interests buying up private healthcare sector
A report on Saturday raised fears over the private health sector in Cyprus transforming into a monopoly held by foreign interests, after it emerged US...
Private hospitals refuse to renew contract with HIO
Private hospitals asserted on Thursday that they cannot – and will not – renew their contract with the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) on what they...
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...
Our View: Shortage of nurses not the problem; the system is
For some time now, we have been hearing about the nursing shortages in public hospitals. Nursing union bosses go on about it and keep pressuring...
Outgoing health minister calls on successor to embrace public hospitals
Outgoing health minister Michalis Hadjipantela on Saturday called on his successor to embrace public hospitals and health professionals, underlining that public hospitals are the backbone...
Cyprus braces for Thursday’s CoLA strike (Updated)
Cyprus will go into an effective standstill for three hours on Thursday, disrupting everything from schools, airlines, court cases and public transport and other sectors....