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“Chronic pain, from the European political agenda to the EU culture”*
As all of us well remember, during the Informal Meeting of European Health Ministries, held on September 22nd and 23rd 2014 in Milan, Ministers from the 28 EU member states reached a common position on the need to create a European network ensuring training of professionals in the sector and exchange of information on the effectiveness of therapies for the weakest population groups.
PATIENTS’ RIGHTS HAVE NO BORDERS…AS WELL AS RISKS!
May 3rd 2016, 16:30 - 18:30
Room ASP A7H1 - European Parliament, Brussels
Interpreting available (IT - EN)
Programme
16:00 - 16:30 Registration & Accreditation
Meeting point: Altiero Spinelli (ASP) entrance from Place du Luxembourg
Chair:Stephen McMahon - Irish Patients Association
16:30 - 16:50 Welcome address and keynote presentation
- MEP David Borrelli (Italy) - Co-Chair of the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group (Italy) and co-founder of the MEPs Interest Group “European Patients' Rights and Cross-Border Healthcare”
- Mariano Votta - Director of Active Citizenship Network
16:50 - 17:30 What happens to citizens travelling abroad for treatments?
- Jo Maes - European Patients Empowerment for Customised Solutions, Netherlands
- Gábor Pogány - Hungarian Patient Forum, president of the Hungarian Federation of People with Rare and Congenital Diseases Network (HUFERDIS), Hungary
- Maria-Louisa Busuttil - Malta Health Network, Malta
- Aurélien Perez - European Commission - Cross-Border Healthcare & eHealth Unit
17:30 - 17:40 Presentation and official launch of the European communication campaign
- Sonia Belfiore - Project Manager, Active Citizenship Network
17:40 - 18:20 To what risks do patients expose themselves? How to recognize them? Who should they contact?
- Paul Vincke - Managing Director of European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network
- Lore Aerts - SOLVIT case handler
- Catherine Donohoe - Irish National Contact Point
- Jean-Luc Laffineur - European Citizen Action Service (ECAS), Belgium
18:20 - 18:30 Debate & closing remarks
- MEP Therese ComodiniCachia (Malta) - Group of the European People's Party and member of the Interest Group
- Antonio Gaudioso, Secretary General Cittadinanzattiva, Italy
- International & National initiatives for the European Patients’Rights Day
- Polart Circle
- Celebrated in Nicosia the Final International Conference of the European Project Patients’ Voice
- Improving patients’ rights in the age of the Cross Border Healthcare Directive
- The involvement of Active Citizenship Network in SIP 2017
- Improving patients’ rights in the age of the Cross Border Healthcare Directive
- EUROPEAN PATIENTS’ RIGHTS DAY 2017 - BIOGRAPHIES
- From Citizen Involvement to Policy Impact (U-Impact)
- EUROPEAN PATIENTS’ RIGHTS DAY 2017 - PROGRAMME
- Active for Young Professionals
- Pain Euro-Mediterranean Coalition
- Joint Citizen Action for a Stronger, Citizen-Friendly Union (JoiEU)
- EUROPEAN PATIENTS’ RIGHTS DAY 2017
- European Charter of Active Citizenship
- EXPLORING AREAS AND BENEFITS OF COOPERATION IN CROSS-BORDER HEALTHCARE TO PROTECT PATIENTS’ RIGHTS
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