An Interest Group Promoting innovation to bridge the gap between health and social care
Since 2014, HFE run the Secretariat of the European Parliamentary Interest Group on Innovation in Health and Social (8th & 9th parliamentary terms). The primary aim of the Interest Group on Innovation in Health and Social Care was to improve patient access to innovation in health and social care by influencing EU policy.
The Interest Group’s Co-Chairs are:
- MEP Irena Joveva (Slovenia, Renew Europe)
- MEP Tomislav Sokol (Croatia, EPP)
- MEP Tudor Ciuhodaru (Romania, S&D)
- MEP István Ujhelyi (Hungary, S&D)
The Interest Group’s principal objectives included:
- Ensure public health is a European Parliament priority
- Ensure innovation is prioritised on the EU health and social care agenda
- Raise awareness of patient-centric solutions for sustainable, accessible and resilient health systems
- Stress the need for urgent actions
- Foster concrete actions for change
- Seek broad support from MEPs for implementing innovative solutions for patients and healthcare professionals
- Maintain regular contact with MEPs and provide them with up-to-date and accurate information on innovation in health and social care
The Policy Objectives included:
- Research: Encourage EU research activities to include formal study on how to value innovation for patients by looking at patient needs and demands
- Health promotion: Prioritise the implementation of innovations that support health promotion for citizens, including initiatives that encourage health literacy, prevention, early diagnosis and personalised screening and treatment to support well-being
- Public Health: Gain recognition of community care as an EU public health priority and support cross-sectoral policies/initiatives that promote patient-centric care, innovation and value, access and reimbursement, care and treatment, and quality care and standards in community settings.
Here below the list meetings of the European Parliament’s Interest Group on Innovation in Health & Social Care (8th and 9th parliamentary terms – 2014/2019 and 2019/2024)
- 26 January 2021 – Integration of health and social care to tackle disease outbreaks
- 8 December 2020 – Transforming healthcare: Prevention at the heart of European health systems
- 1st October 2020 – Transforming healthcare: A European healthcare workforce
- 7 June 2018 – Shaping the future of public health towards screening and early diagnosis
- 28 November 2017 – Innovative Health Systems Reform: Boosting workforce to meet new demands in healthcare systems
- 31 May 2017 – Innovation in diagnostics for fighting AMR
- 17 November 2016 – Innovative Health Systems Reform: Tackling antimicrobial resistance and HAIs to improve patient safety
- 1 June 2016 – Innovative Health Systems Reform: How can we translate innovation into policy recommendations?
- 17 November 2015 – Antimicrobial Resistance, Prevention and not just treatment
- 10 November 2015 – Innovative Health Systems Reform: The role of the EU in advancing innovation
- 5 May 2015 – Innovative Health Systems Reform: Meeting the Needs of Patients, Carers and Professionals (1st meeting of the EPIG
- 12 November 2014 – Health First Europe 10th Anniversary