NATIONAL Health Scheme
The four pillars of medical ethics should hold firm under a national health service According to the Modern Hippocratic Oath there is art to...
MPs prepare to take on threat to ban foreign doctors from Gesy
An amendment to the law which would prevent the Cyprus Medical Association (CyMA) from stopping the employment of foreign doctors in the National Health Scheme...
Anastasiades believes majority of doctors will honour Hippocratic oath, join Gesy
President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday expressed optimism that the majority of private doctors would join the National Health Scheme (Gesy), despite the fact the Cyprus...
MPs concerned with number of private doctors opting out of Gesy
The House health committee on Friday expressed concerns after the Cyprus Society of Nuclear Medicine became the fifth group of private specialist doctors to announce...
Health minister takes on protesting doctors and Diko
Health Minister Giorgos Pamboridis said on Monday that the disputed transfer of a doctor from a rural hospital to Limassol has taken place and challenged...
Government, state doctors sign Gesy agreement
A framework agreement between the government and doctor unions was signed on Friday, reflecting the deal clinched in the run-up to the vote in parliament...
Insurers say Gesy health scheme doomed to fail
THE association of insurance companies (Saek) warned on Friday that populism was harmful to public health and raised a number of questions doubting the success...
‘No more excuses to block health scheme bills’, minister says
The signing of a deal on Thursday between the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) and IT company NCR Cyprus for the development of a software programme...
State doctors claim not fully informed on content of health reform bills
Government doctors union Pasyki said on Sunday they were not fully informed on the contents of two bills approved by the cabinet last week on...
Cabinet approves first two NHS bills
The two first draft bills aimed at reforming public health on the way to the adoption of a full-fledged National Health System (NHS) were approved...