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            <title>EU health policy clout 'strengthened' with new treaty</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Even if it re-asserts the powers of EU member states on public health policies, the Lisbon Treaty also further develops the scope for European action in this area, according to health analysts.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:22:51 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Scientist: Climate change 'playing havoc' with health systems</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global warming has brought an increase in heat-related deaths, food poisoning and tick-borne diseases, but flu pandemics may decline as temperatures rise, according to Jan Semenza, scientific advisor at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:12:30 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Care for patients at home 'to control health spending'</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Switching from hospital care to monitoring and treating patients in their homes will help make public health spending more cost-efficient, according to Edwin Kohl, chairman of healthcare lobby group Costeff.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:10:59 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>eHealth</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[eHealth, one of the priorities of the EU's i2010 programme to boost innovation and jobs, aims to provide user-friendly and interoperable information systems for patients and health professionals across Europe.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:07:58 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>New EU health chief seizes control of pharma policy</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Healthcare lobbyists have scored a major victory in convincing European Commission President José Manuel Barroso to give responsibility for pharmaceuticals to the new health commissioner.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:59:48 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Public consultation on the future EU 2020 strategy</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Commission would like to hear your views on some suggested broad policy considerations for the future EU2020 strategy. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:53:22 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Patient&amp;#8217;s rights on Cross boarder Healthcare Directive</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[On 1 December, the EPSCO (Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council) discussed the file, but failed to reach an agreement.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:44:13 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>EU health chief warns against national budget cuts</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Health services across Europe will come under increasing pressure during the financial crisis, according to European Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, who is urging health ministers not to slash public spending on health care.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:37:53 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Commission opinion on temporary extension of working time for junior doctors</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Commission has issued opinions accepting that Hungary, the Netherlands and the UK will slightly extend working time of doctors in training on a temporary basis.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:03:57 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Dutch health system retains &amp;#8216;Best in Europe&amp;#8217; crown </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Netherlands has the best healthcare system in Europe, according to the annual Euro Consumer Index. Dutch healthcare was top of the list for the second year running, this time with an even bigger margin of victory.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:29:59 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Expert: eHealth may have 'disruptive impact'</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=108</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The potential of technology to fundamentally change how health care is delivered could help curb runaway medical inflation, but some doctors and hospital managers view it as a threat, eHealth expert Dr. Michael Tremblay told EurActiv in an interview.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:41:29 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Questions and Answers on vaccines against pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza</title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:54:07 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Pandemic (H1N1) 2009: Commission hosts Global Health Security conference for G7 countries and Mexico</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Health ministers from the G7 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, US), Mexico and the World Health Organisation meet today in Brussels for a special ministerial meeting of the Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI) hosted by the European Commission. The meeting will focus on effective public health measures to respond to the influenza A (H1N1) virus.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:49:26 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Interoperability key to making ehealth work</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Potential cost-savings from e-health are being jeopardised because computer systems cannot talk to one another, according to experts. Healthcare IT specialists also warn of resistance from healthcare workers and patients amid ongoing concerns over data protection.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:45:02 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Examples of EU-funded research on neurodegenerative diseases</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[This background note provides some examples of research on neurodegenerative diseases supported through the EU's Research Framework Programme.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:57:06 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Health firms waiting 'over two years' for public payments</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Small firms in the health sector are waiting up to 700 days to be paid by public bodies, John Wilkinson, chief executive of Eucomed &#8211; the European Medical Technology Industry Association &#8211; told EurActiv in an interview, adding that some CEOs have even committed suicide in the face of unprecedented pressure on SMEs.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:59:12 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Big pharma expresses relief over EU inquiry</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The European pharmaceutical industry has expressed satisfaction with the publication of a long-awaited investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices in the sector, saying the final report is softer than a preliminary version released in November 2008.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:55:41 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Doctors favour greater EU mobility</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Post-graduate medical qualifications should be recognised across the European Union in order to remove barriers to the mobility of doctors, Lisette Tiddens, secretary-general of the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME), told EurActiv in an interview.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:52:24 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Commission calls for Smoke Free Europe by 2012</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The European Commission adopted today, after extensive consultation, a proposal for a Council Recommendation calling on all Member States to bring in laws to protect their citizens from exposure to tobacco smoke by 2012.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:32 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Public Health Care: Neighbors in Trouble!</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=102</link>
            <description><![CDATA[International conference points out health care problems in most Central European states]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:57:49 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Patient safety, prevention and control of healthcare associated infections</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=101</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The European Parliament adopted by 521 votes to 6, with 5 abstentions, a legislative resolution amending, under the consultation procedure, the proposal for a Council recommendation on patient safety, including the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:49:37 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Commissioner Vassiliou welcomes the European Parliament's positive contribution to building a ...</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=100</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The European Parliament voted on three important health policy initiatives; patients' rights in cross border healthcare, improving patient safety and an EU strategy on rare diseases.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:27:01 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Parliament backs EU cross-border healthcare plans</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The European Parliament has passed a landmark directive which would allow Europeans seek healthcare abroad more easily and be reimbursed for the cost of doing so.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:20:41 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>'No data, no market' for nanotechnologies, MEPs say</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The European Parliament's environment committee this week adopted a report by Swedish Green MEP Carl Schlyter which calls for tighter controls on nanotechnology, including the application of the 'no data, no market' principle contained in the REACH Directive.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:00:17 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Cross-border health plan set to pass despite opposition</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=97</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A controversial directive on cross-border healthcare is expected to pass through the European Parliament at the end of this month, despite continued divisions between political groups and disagreement among member states.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:56:19 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Hospital bugs cost EU &amp;#8364;5.5bn per year</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=96</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) contribute to the deaths of 110,000 and cost an estimated &#8364;5.5bn every year, but could be dramatically reduced if best practice was shared across the EU, it has been claimed.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:51:52 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Health committee planned in Parliament shake-up</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=95</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A new European Parliament committee dedicated to health and consumer affairs appears likely to result from reforms aimed at revitalising the EU assembly's internal structures, EurActiv has learned.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:39:30 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Cautious welcome for proposed EP health committee</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=94</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A leading public health NGO cautiously welcomed plans to establish a dedicated health committee in the European Parliament, calling on the European Commission to make its health commissioner responsible for pharmaceutical policy too.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:35:59 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Commission to tackle 'unacceptable' health inequalities</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=93</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The European Commission is to publish a communication before the end of the year aimed at addressing the growing 'health gap' across the EU and within member states.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:22:01 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Dutch healthcare system &amp;quot;best in Europe&amp;quot; in 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=92</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Netherlands' healthcare system was this week rated the best in Europe by the annual Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI). Experts believe it could serve as a model for US healthcare reform.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:11:14 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>EU countries urged to embrace telemedicine</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=91</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The European Commission is pushing EU member states to remove legal barriers to the provision of distance healthcare, potentially a very profitable new niche market for health in Europe.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:08:27 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Report identifies barriers to eHealth standardisation</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=90</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Conflicting ICT standards in the health sector are creating interoperability problems between computerised health information systems, leading to unnecessarily high costs of health services and missed opportunities for industry development, concludes an overview of eHealth development in the EU.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:59:09 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Campaign seeks to boost interest in EU health initiatives</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=89</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A new campaign by the European Commission aims to reach out to citizens via a website which showcases the bloc's initiatives to improve health care across Europe.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:02:34 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>EU health ministers rehearse for major health crises</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Gathering for an informal meeting on 8-9 September, the ministers emphasised the need to improve coordination and speed up reactions at European level to enable authorities to efficiently protect the public in case of major outbreaks of contagious diseases like avian influenza, SARS and yellow fever.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:54:26 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>EU tables weakened cross-border healthcare directive</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=87</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A Commission proposal published yesterday (2 July) to make it easier for citizens to seek care abroad could see its effectiveness limited after new clauses were introduced.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:44:40 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>The European Commission, DG Enterprise, has published  the results of its first public ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The consultation finds seven major conclusions and is likely to be incorporated into the new Medical Devices Directive.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 10:56:30 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>The Health Portal of the European Union celebrated this week its 2nd birthday.</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=86</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Available in 20 languages, with more than 400,000 monthly hits and with a strict quality control, the EU portal is on of the major information resources for health issues in Europe.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:59:06 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Interview: Medical device industry calls for more government support</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=84</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Medical devices ranging from simple needles to life-saving high-tech implants should receive stronger support from governments as they help patients faster than drugs do, argues the European medical technology industry association (Eucomed) in an interview with EurActiv.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:07:25 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Commission cautious on nanotech research</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Commission has called on member states to respect the precautionary principle in research on nanoscience in order to anticipate its potential environmental, health and safety impacts.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:02:51 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Interview: Industry driving 'its own agenda' on eHealth</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=81</link>
            <description><![CDATA[&quot;Definitely at the beginning, eHealth was not driven by the idea of improving health care or patient-doctor relationship but by the idea of rationalising it to make it more efficient and productive, as well as by illusions of health care becoming less expensive,&quot; said Dr. Daniel Mart from Standing Committee of European Doctors]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:48:36 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Doctors unconvinced by eHealth policy </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Doctors feel they have been excluded from the EU's eHealth policy, argues Daniel Mart from the European doctors' association, who says the competitiveness of the European eHealth industry has taken priority over proven benefits to patients and health systems. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:50:48 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Study: eHealth strategies focus 'too much' on ICT </title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=80</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Preliminary findings of an EU-backed study assessing financing needs for eHealth reveal an over-emphasis on ICT to the detriment of organisational change and real benefits for health systems.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:45:22 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Confusion surrounds EU's health services directive</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A long-awaited proposal to codify the circumstances under which EU patients can legitimately be covered for treatment received in other member states could be either redrafted, withdrawn or downgraded, EurActiv has learnt.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:41:15 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Patient mobility</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Increased cross-border patient mobility has public finance implications but better co-ordination of national health policies and more co-operation at European level is expected to bring benefits both to patients and health systems.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:38:55 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Brussels presses for progress on lead markets for eHealth</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=77</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The European Commission has called for quick action and strengthened national co-operation on lead market opportunities for eHealth in order to increase economic benefits and improve quality of health services.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:33:15 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Interview: 'Huge health gaps remain inside the EU'</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=76</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A project examining the health gap between the eastern and western members of the EU concludes that the main reasons for differences in premature death rates and ill-health are lifestyle-related.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:46:24 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Commission outlines EU health policy strategy</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The EU health strategy 2008-2013 focuses on fostering good health among older people and the workforce, protecting citizens from emerging threats and supporting innovation towards more efficient and sustainable healthcare systems.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:43:43 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Vienna conference sets out priorities for healthcare ICT</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=74</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Establishing electronic health records and connecting the information with hospital and remote environments such as the physician's office and private homes should be the top priorities for improving the quality of healthcare over the next two years, according to senior healthcare professionals.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:40:30 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=74</guid>
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            <title>UK rethinks national health service</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=72</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The UK has launched a review of the National Health Service (NHS) to examine the impact of technology and lifestyle choices on the nation's well-being and to make the system more fair, personal and effective.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:30:29 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=72</guid>
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            <title>Survey outlines disparities in EU healthcare systems</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=71</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Countries that have initiated reforms, such as Austria and Estonia, have gone up in the ranking of the most user-friendly healthcare systems, according to the 2007 EuroHealth consumer index.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:25:16 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=71</guid>
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            <title>Commission to open internal market for health care</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=70</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The European Commission is drafting a Directive ensuring the protection of basic rights for patients travelling to other EU member states in receiving medical treatment, in what could prove to be a far-reaching reform. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:14:49 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=70</guid>
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            <title>Future eHealth applications could face public rejection</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=68</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Not everything that is technically possible in healthcare is also acceptable to the public, argue German researchers, with 64% of patients likely to reject the idea of having an electronic chip implant storing their medical data.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:02:49 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=68</guid>
        </item>
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            <title>Healthcare services in Europe in 2007: what is at stake?</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=73</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The differences between the different European health care systems justify the mobilisation of stakeholders at EU level for obvious political and moral reasons, writes Arnaud Senn for the Robert Schuman Foundation.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:34:28 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=73</guid>
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            <title>Business eyes eHealth solutions for home care</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=69</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The financial challenges facing healthcare systems have lead to the increased application of home-based tele-health solutions, market-analysis firm Datamonitor reports.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:07:53 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=69</guid>
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            <title>EU to study electronic chips for eHealth</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=67</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Commission has decided to study the options for using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in healthcare, with applications ranging from the identification of patients in hospitals to tagging pharmaceutical products.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:24:03 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=67</guid>
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            <title>Commission weighs up options on eHealth interoperability</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=66</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The lack of interoperability in systems and services, such as electronic health records, patient summaries, and emergency data sets, has been identified as a major obstacle to the widespread take-up of eHealth application in the EU. The Commission has launched a public consultation on the issue with a view to adopting specific guidelines later in the year.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:20:03 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=66</guid>
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            <title>Standardisation needed for cross-border eHealth services</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=65</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The EU-27 agree that greater synergies with research and education as well as work on common European standards on eHealth are needed to develop cross-border services and open up new market opportunities in the field.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:10:53 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=65</guid>
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            <title>MEPs reject attempts to introduce healthcare in 'Bolkestein Directive'</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=64</link>
            <description><![CDATA[MEPs have rejected a specific EU legislation on health services, but urged the Commission to propose codification of the current case law on EU citizens' right to seek healthcare in other member states, with costs covered by their own health system.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 21:54:16 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=64</guid>
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            <title>Businesses urge eHealth 'paradigm shift'</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=63</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As EU-US experts discussed potential areas for transatlantic co-operation on eHealth, the healthcare IT industry urged governments to pave the way for a definitive change in EU healthcare.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 21:51:43 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=63</guid>
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            <title>Consultation backs EU action on health services</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=62</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The majority of contributors to the Commission's recent consultation favour some form of Community action on health services, combining both legislative elements and practical support for cooperation between European health systems.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:43:32 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=62</guid>
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            <title>Judgment of the European Court of Justice : Reimbursement for health care in private hospitals ...</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=61</link>
            <description></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:41:58 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=61</guid>
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            <title>Parliament criticises Commission on CSR</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=60</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A Parliament report on the Commission's Communication on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), adopted on 9 March 2007...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:50:42 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=60</guid>
        </item>
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            <title>Community action on the provision of cross-border health care</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=59</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Parliamentary question to the European Commission on the Subject: 
]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 01:43:13 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=59</guid>
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            <title>BRUSSELS EUROPEAN COUNCIL 8/9 MARCH 2007 PRESIDENCY CONCLUSIONS</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=58</link>
            <description></description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:31:03 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=58</guid>
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            <title>Report on social services of general interest in the European Union</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=57</link>
            <description><![CDATA[(2006/2134(INI))<br />
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs<br />
Rapporteur: Joel Hasse Ferreira]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:21:45 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=57</guid>
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            <title>EU adopts free-trade pharma pact</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=56</link>
            <description><![CDATA[EU member states adopted an international agreement that will eliminate customs duties on all new pharmaceuticals traded with the US and Switzerland.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:17:56 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=56</guid>
        </item>
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            <title>Mental health: Green Paper consultation report and Eurobarometer</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=55</link>
            <description><![CDATA[On 5 December 2006, the Commission published a report presenting the results of a consultation on the Green paper on Mental Health, which was launched in October 2005.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:55:54 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=55</guid>
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            <title>New therapies - safety first</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=54</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Environment Committee on Tuesday backed a draft EU regulation designed to encourage the development of gene therapy, cell therapy and tissue engineering. However, MEPs are demanding guarantees about the safety of the products and techniques used and would also like to see more support for smaller companies working in this field...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:49:57 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=54</guid>
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            <title>Experts tell EU to prop up ethics in nanomedicine</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=53</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Nanotechnologies can open up promising areas in diagnosis and treatment but measures are needed to ensure that related medical products and devices are safe, scientific experts told the Commission.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:46:18 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=53</guid>
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            <title>DG SANCO has updated reports on health systems at national level. ...</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=52</link>
            <description></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:43:24 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=52</guid>
        </item>
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            <title>New EU Labour Code governing basic regulations for health and safety at work  came into effect.</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=51</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In addition, Act No. 309/2006 Coll. on occupational health and safety has also come into effect. The act contains key provisions regarding the professional competency of those working in the area of occupational health and safety...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:35:34 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=51</guid>
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            <title>Experts advise on health-care sustainability</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=50</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A report presents government recommendations on how to invest taxpayers' money more effectively to improve the quality of health care and to ensure the financial sustainability of health systems.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:28:55 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=50</guid>
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            <title>Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council meeting (PROVISIONAL VERSION)</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=49</link>
            <description></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:36:54 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=49</guid>
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            <title>Agreement on Seventh Research Framework Programme 2007-2013</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=48</link>
            <description><![CDATA[During the forthcoming plenary session on 29 and 30 November, the European Parliament will vote on 10 reports connected with the EU's Seventh Research Framework Programme]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 02:28:11 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=48</guid>
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            <title>Finland reinvents the science-business wheel</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=47</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Finland is set to host international centres of excellence, established as non-profit limited companies, in key science and innovation areas such as energy & environment or health. A rapid modernisation of higher education is taking place in parallel.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:21:57 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=47</guid>
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            <title>Towards a European Statute for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=46</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Legal Affairs committee recommended on Tuesday that the European Commission should propose a European Private Company (EPC) statute designed to help Europe's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to do business across borders.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:16:28 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=46</guid>
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            <title>The European Parliament took its final decision on the services directive today</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=45</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Council had already largely approved the compromise
Parliament had forged in February.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:11:14 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=45</guid>
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            <title>Summary paper on Common principles of Care</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=44</link>
            <description></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:05:57 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=44</guid>
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            <title>The European Commission&amp;#8217;s DG SANCO released a press release on safety rules  on ...</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=42</link>
            <description></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:54:53 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=42</guid>
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            <title>European Commission published its work progamme for 2007</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=41</link>
            <description></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:40:36 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=41</guid>
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            <title>DG SANCO updated information of the High Level Group on health services and  medical care</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=40</link>
            <description></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:24:30 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=40</guid>
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            <title>Pharmacists from other Member States find it difficult to supply  German hospitals</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=43</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Commission has decided to take Germany to the European Court of Justice
for provisions regulating the supply of hospitals with medicines by external
pharmacies. For example, Germany requires pharmacies not only to supply
medicines, but also to provide personally counselling at the hospital by the
director of the supplying pharmacy. Bundling &quot;local&quot; elements with other contractual elements leads to a &quot;hidden&quot; regional supply.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:22:30 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=43</guid>
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            <title>Working-time opt-out point of view from the Meps</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=39</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Under the opt-out scheme of the Working Time Directive, workers don't have a real choice of not working longer hours if their employer wants them to, say MEPs from the Parliament's two largest groups.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:04:49 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=39</guid>
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            <title>Getting eHealth to live up to its promise</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=38</link>
            <description><![CDATA[With Europe's population ageing rapidly and the demand for healthcare growing, healthcare services need to become more efficient. However, little hard evidence is available on the contribution of eHealth solutions.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:56:26 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=38</guid>
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            <title>Health priorities of the upcoming German Presidency</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=37</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The HFE Secretariat provides below a summary of a presentation given by Frank Niggemeier of the German Permanent Representation as well as by Mr. Schulte and Mr. Kummel of the German Ministry of Health ...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:18:03 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=37</guid>
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            <title>Working time directive, Ombudsman calls on Commission to deal with complaint</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=36</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, has called on the European Commission to deal as rapidly as possible with a complaint about the European working time directive.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:53:38 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=36</guid>
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            <title>Parliament demands clarity on public services</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=35</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Parliament tells the Commission to clearly distinguish services of 'general interest' from services of 'general economic interest' and to adopt legal rules accordingly.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:53:06 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=35</guid>
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            <title>Improving the mental health of the population - towards a strategy on mental  health for the EU</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=34</link>
            <description><![CDATA[European Parliament resolution on improving the mental health of the population. Towards a strategy on mental health for the European Union]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2006 23:48:08 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=34</guid>
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            <title>Questions and Answers on Health Services in the EU</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=33</link>
            <description></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2006 23:39:41 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=33</guid>
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            <title>Patient mobility: Commission to launch public consultation on EU framework  for health services</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=32</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The European Commission today decided to launch a public consultation on how to ensure legal certainty regarding cross-border health services under Community law, and to support cooperation between the health systems of the Member States.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2006 23:33:09 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=32</guid>
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            <title>EU healthcare &amp;quot;must brace for revolution&amp;quot; :</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=31</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Europe's public healthcare systems must brace for radical change as barriers
to patients crossing borders to seek treatment drop, the European Union's
top health official said on Monday.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2006 23:17:41 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=31</guid>
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            <title>Finnish Presidency Health in all policies - background leaflet</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=30</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In addition to promoting 'Health in all Policies', the Finnish Presidency is expected to hammer out political agreements on Health programme 2007-2013, medical devices and advanced therapies.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:07:43 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=30</guid>
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            <title>Germany reaches agreement on small-scale health reform</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=29</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Germany's grand coalition has hammered out a reform of the country's
underfunded health care system, which relies on a mixture of contribution
raises and, for the first time, tax funding.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:42:32 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=29</guid>
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            <title>MEPs approve &amp;#8364;308bn Structural Funds 2007-13 package</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=27</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Parliament gave the green-light to the Structural Funds package for 2007 to 2013 with the adoption of five separate reports. They define the objectives, the financial resources available and the criteria for their allocation in an enlarged EU.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2006 17:54:54 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=27</guid>
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            <title>10 health questions about the new EU neighbours</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=26</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The World Health Organisation's recent publication entitled 10 health
questions about the new EU neighbours gives an overview of the diverse
health status of the EU's 12 neighbouring countries]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:26:13 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=26</guid>
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            <title>Dutch, Swiss and German healthcare systems score highest in 'user-friendliness'</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=28</link>
            <description><![CDATA[EuroHealth Consumer Index]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:37:18 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=28</guid>
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            <title>Social Policy, Health Council</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=25</link>
            <description></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:53:16 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=25</guid>
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            <title>Patient mobility needs to be managed</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=24</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Research project helps plot EU patient mobility path]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 23:25:15 +0100</pubDate>
            <guid>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=24</guid>
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            <title>Competitiveness Council</title>
            <link>http://www.uehp.org/en/?id=19&amp;amp;art=23</link>
            <description></description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2006 23:45:46 +0100</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The obligation to reimburse the cost of hospital treatment provided in another member state also applies to a national health service which provides such treatment free of charge]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Directorate General for Health and Consumer Protection has created a permanent Forum for consultation on health matters.]]></description>
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            <title>Support for the French clinical workers' strike</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Council of Paris meeting coincided with the decision taken by the French Private Hospitals Federation]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[In addition to the Council of Ministers in Ghent, the Belgian presidency invited a certain number of organisations to put forward their point of view on the policy of patient freedom]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[On 29 November 2001, the Advisory Committee on Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work (ACSHH), a Tripartite Committee created by European Council decision 74/323 EEC, formed an ad hoc Group]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[On the occasion of the last meeting of the BIAC Task Force on Health policy, that took place on the 1st of February 2002 in Paris, the proposal for the LABOUR MANAGEMENT PROGRAM was defined with OECD representatives.]]></description>
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