HFE has launched a feedback survey on the 30 September 2009 European Parliament Training Event. This survey aims to collect information and peer evaluations on HFE work as well as suggestions for future activities. The consultation […]
Health First Europe’s roundtable in the European Parliament was co-hosted by MEPs Liz Lynne (ALDE, UK) and Amalia Sartori (EPP, Italy) and focused on the significant burden of Health Care Associated Infections (HCAIs) on Europe’s healthcare systems. The event highlighted how European healthcare systems are in crisis, requiring urgent and concrete EU action.
Throughout the week of 5-9 January 2009, Health First Europe (HFE) is holding an exhibition in the European Parliament, in Brussels, under the patronage of MEP Elizabeth Lynne, with the aim of raising awareness on the quality and safety of patients and health care workers in Europe.
On 26 November 2008, Health First Europe (HFE) hosted a special farewell dinner to celebrate Mel Read’s glittering reign as HFE’s first Honorary President. The members of the HFE Executive and Advisory Committees thanked Ms […]
Health First Europe is glad to announce the date of its Health First Europe New Horizons Congress: Tackling the healthcare challenges of today for a healthier tomorrow. It will be held on Wednesday, 12th November 2008, in the […]
Health First Europe is very pleased to welcome MEP Frieda Brepoels (Belgium, EPP-ED) as a new HFE MEP Supporter. Frieda Brepoels is a member of the European Parliament’s Committee for Environment, Public Health and Food Safety since […]
David Byrne, the Patron of Health First Europe and former European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, welcomes the adoption of the proposal for Directive on patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare.
The European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs called for better protection of healthcare workers against needlestick and medical sharp injuries as well as better protection of patients and healthcare workers from healthcare-associated infections.
At its meeting on 9 and 10 June the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council of the European Union (EPSCO) adopted conclusions on antimicrobial resistance. The Council shows a high awareness for the problem of healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) and calls on the European Commission and EU Member States to take further actions in this policy field.
HFE welcomes the European Commission’s goal of increasing patient safety in the EU by consulting health stakeholders and civil society. HFE is now looking forward to the upcoming European Commission Communications on Patient Safety and on Healthcare Associated Infections, which are expected towards the end of 2008.
On 28 April, the European Commission published a study on long term care in the European Union. The study analyses the current situation of long term care in the EU and explores its future development. In […]
HFE is pleased to announce that MEP Georgs Andrejevs (ALDE, Latvia) has decided to become a supporter of Health First Europe.
The European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL) has published a briefing paper on “Sustainable Telemedicine: paradigms for future-proof healthcare”.
HFE is pleased to announce that further to HFE’s event in the European Parliament on Healthcare Associated Infections we have new MEPs supporting us.
On 20 January 2006, Health First Europe submitted its response to the European Commission’s consultation on healthcare related infections (HAIs)
David Byrne served as European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection from 1999 to 2004.
