State doctors to proceed with strike following meeting with minister (update 2)
State doctors’ will be going ahead with a three-hour work stoppage on Wednesday despite a last minute meeting with Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas on Tuesday...
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State doctors reach deal on incentives
State doctors and their employer, state health services organisation Okypy announced on Wednesday they had reached an agreement on monetary incentives to be given to...
Doctors reach deal over Gesy pay
Doctors union Pasydy on Monday agreed to the monetary incentives offered by the state health services (Okypy). In a statement, the union said: “the agreement...
Deal close in state doctors’ pay dispute
A pay dispute between state doctors and the organisation of state health services (Okypy) appears to have been resolved after it was agreed to grant...
State doctors ponder up to €31,000 a year pay increase to join Gesy
State doctors were on Monday considering their response to an enhanced offer from the state health services designed to lure them into joining the national...
‘Shock’ over reported Gesy abuse by doctors
One private-sector cardiologist scrutinised for demanding €407,000 for five months By Evie Andreou State doctors’ union Pasyki expressed bewilderment on Thursday over reports that the...
Health minister prepares three proposals to ease Gesy woes
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou has come up with proposals on Gesy doctors’ pay in a bid to ease tensions in the healthcare sector following a...
State doctors call €1,000-€1,500 extra per month a ‘disincentive’
Patients in state hospitals experienced delays on Friday with some waiting for hours to be examined as doctors staged a three-hour work stoppage in protest...
State doctors on three-hour strike
State doctors started a three-hour work stoppage at 8am on Friday protesting over the lack of incentives to stay in the public service. The board...
Second state doctors’ union warns of industrial action
State doctors represented by civil servants’ union Pasydy warned on Friday they would take action over delays in talks on incentives for public sector specialists,...
Greek doctors show interest in hospital vacancies
Relief to the understaffing problems plaguing public hospitals after waves of doctors left to set up private practice within Gesy is expected to be offered...
State GPs threaten to walk out over pay inequality
A group of 16 state doctors have threatened to quit their government jobs after promises of increased pay were not met, their union Pasyki said...
A&E doctors to receive more money to stop exodus to Gesy
The cabinet on Wednesday agreed to raise the monthly financial incentive to A&E doctors from €800 to €1,200, in an attempt to tackle the severe...
State health services advertise for more doctors
The state health services (Okypy) on Friday announced 35 new vacancies for doctors of various specialisations to work at state hospitals after a strike earlier...
State doctors say A&E strike still going ahead but they’ll enter dialogue in the meantime
State doctors’ union Pasyki, said on Friday its members who work in accident and emergency departments (A&Es) would go on a 24-hour strike on July...
Health minister dismisses scaremongering over resignation of state doctors
The national health scheme Gesy will go ahead as scheduled and there is no reason to worry about the resignation of state doctors, Health Minister...
Specialist doctors start registering for Gesy
The rolls were opened on Monday for specialist doctors wishing to register with the National Health Scheme (Gesy), as the launch date for the scheme...
State doctors sign revised deal for on-call payments
Health Minister, Constantinos Ioannou and state doctors’ unions Pasyki, Pasydi and Pasesi, signed on Friday a revised agreement for on-call payment. This was the final...
Report suggests higher pay for state doctors who become GPs under Gesy
By Evie Andreou STATE doctors who opt to work as GPs under the national health scheme (Gesy) could see their salaries go up by at...
State doctors mulling salary options post-Gesy
By Elias Hazou A number of state doctors are considering whether they should go into private practice once the National Health Scheme (Gesy) kicks in....