#National health scheme (GESY)

UNIVERSAL outrage greeted the publication of the auditor-general’s report about the Gesy specialist doctors who were making big fortunes by submitting countless fictitious payment claims to the Health Insurance ...

New measures will be announced in coming months to safeguard the public health care system from abuse and fraud, the health minister said on Friday amid growing concerns Gesy was ...

Hot on the heels of news that a doctor was facing criminal charges for allegedly sending fictitious invoices for payment, it emerged on Thursday that another medic has been removed ...

It hasn’t been a great month so far for the reputation of the health scheme Gesy, but whatever operational weaknesses the system might have, they pale in comparison to ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) cannot claim understaffing when it has not yet filled all its vacancies, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said after a cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Amid complaints ...

The Cyprus Medical Association on Wednesday condemned the actions of a Gesy doctor, who will be prosecuted for requesting payments for services he did not provide. “We were truly disappointed ...

Centre-right Diko will be the ruling party or a main part of a coalition government in order to bring about change after the presidential elections in 2023, leader Nicolas Papadopoulos said ...

An independent body should be brought in to evaluate the health system, the patients’ association said on Saturday, a day after an audit-office report alleged illegalities and tax evasion within ...

A scathing report by the auditor-general has alleged illegalities within Cyprus’ health care system, while identifying 11 Gesy doctors who each earned over €500,000 in 2020 – with one topping the charts at a ...

The Pancyprian union of psychologists on Wednesday called on the health minister and the House health committee to push for the inclusion of counselling psychologists to national health scheme Gesy. ...

Auditor general Odysseas Michaelides on Thursday accused the health insurance organisation (HIO) of violating the law and philosophy of Gesy, charges quickly denied by the HIO which insisted that it ...

Gesy treatment begins with your GP referral – a very dangerous situation when an emergency combines with an unavailable doctor You’ve spent two nights in excruciating pain. Come the third ...

Covid measures and other pressures on Gesy could result in medical access not being available when people need it most The death of a pensioner who was sent packing from ...

The health ministry on Thursday decided the cancellation of all scheduled non-urgent surgeries, and also commandeered bed capacity in private healthcare facilities – measures taken in anticipation of a potential surge ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas on Friday inaugurated a new diabetes centre at Larnaca hospital, which “will offer holistic care for all diabetes-related issues, providing patients with the best possible care”. ...

By Brian Lait Back in September 2019 when Gesy was in its infancy, I wrote an article entitled “Will messy Gesy clean up its act?” Apart from lengthily commenting on the ...

The Edek party has released information that it says raises serious questions about former health minister Giorgos Pamboridis, particularly how his personal financial interests influence his opinions on the national ...

Patients’ rights are still not fully realised – as enshrined in the European Charter of Patients’ Rights – despite Gesy having been up and running for two years, according to discussions held ...

Government, parties, unions and professionals on Friday attacked a proposal by socialist Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos that they said would fundamentally change the philosophy of the health system Gesy and ...

Ruling party Disy on Tuesday sought to dispel the notion that it is looking to meddle with the setup of the General Healthcare System (Gesy), saying it only wants to ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has turned up the heat on the Health Insurance Organisation, reporting the entity to the attorney-general for its alleged failure to provide information he requested. In a ...

There will be no change to the way Gesy operates, nor will public hospitals be privatised, the government said on Monday after a meeting at the presidential palace on the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday said he was determined to resolve the all the problems currently being faced in the operation of public hospitals. The Presidential Palace on Tuesday was ...

The health services organisation (Okypy)’s proposal to allocate 20 per cent of revenues stemming from potential state hospital’s afternoon operations to state doctors is now being evaluated by doctors’ ...