Activities of Inês Cristina ZUBER related to 2013/2044(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Impact of the crisis on access to care for vulnerable groups (debate)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas all people are entitled to a standard of living enabling them and their families to enjoy health and well-being;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU is current economic crisis has beenly facing the worst economic and financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, a crisis aggravated by the so-called austerity measures that have been imposed on Member States by the EU institutions under the economic governance policies and ‘financial assistance’ programmes and have led to cuts in national health budgets; whereas this has resulted in setbacks for the right to women’s health protection and had a serious impact on the most disadvantaged groups – children, the elderly, people with disabilities, migrants and ethnic minorities – as their access to health in general is now more difficult, given the increase in healthcare costs and the professional and social devaluation of health professionals;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Strongly recommends that Member States reinforce their health services regarding primary care, focusing on improving women’s health and access to care, as well as on measures for the most disadvantaged groups – children and young people, the elderly, persons with disabilities, the unemployed and the homeless – that guarantee the right to regular medical monitoring for all; points to the long-term damage that spending cuts are doing to public preventive care services, given the prevailing crisis; considers that primary health care must be maintained and developed, especially as regards facilities and services provided on a decentralised local basis.
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the Member States to raise the status of health professionals by means of decent wages and working conditions and, in particular, by concluding proper employment contracts.