Activities of Bronis ROPĖ related to 2021/2100(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on cohesion policy as an instrument to reduce healthcare disparities and enhance cross-border health cooperation
Amendments (19)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas border regions, especially those with lower density of population, generally perform less well economically than other regions within the Member States;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas barriers to crossing the border in terms of free movement, information, awareness or perception from patients exist between regions as well as different taxation and social security systems or the recognition of qualifications for healthcare staff and institutions;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas mass departures from border regions, especially on the part of young people and skilled labour, illustrates the lack of economic opportunities in such regions and even more makes them less attractive in terms of employment in health sector;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses the crucial role that investments in high quality public services have on building social resilience and coping with economic, health and social crises;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Points out that access to public services is crucial for the 150 million- strong population of internal cross-border areas, and is frequently hampered by numerous legal and administrative barriers; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to maximise their efforts to remove these barriers, especially when related to health services, transport, education, labour mobility and environment;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that cohesion policy should as well be more geared towards investment in people as border regions’ health sector can be boosted by an effective mix of investments in innovation, human capital, good governance and institutional capacity;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Emphasises the specific situation regarding the access to healthcare in border regions on the EU external borders and periphery where EU citizens already face a numerous challenges;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Member States to ensure genuine cooperation in the field of cross-border healthcare, in order to ensure that patients’ rights are respected, as provided for in the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive as well as the availability and quality of services increased;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Points out that the EU Recovery Fund focuses on economic stimuli for sectors with a high shares of male employment, while many of the sectors profoundly affected by the COVID-19 crisis have high shares of female employment, which risks to contribute to increasing gender inequalities in employment in the EU as well as in the health sector where women represent the higher share;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that cross-border healthcare improvements can benefit patients by enabling equitable access to health services and infrastructure in other Member States, including diagnosis and clinical trials, based on the principle of ‘easiest, closest, best and fastest’ access12 ; calls for more efficient transport of patients to the nearest cross-border facilities where tackling all legal and administrative obstacles still represents a burden and could be settled by the ECBM regulation; _________________ 12 https://eurohealthnet.eu/publication/joint- statement-use-next-european-and- structural-investment-funds-strategic- investments
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Strongly recommends improving and spreading simplified information for cross-border patients and healthcare staff via a manual for patients or cross-border regional contact points;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Acknowledges the existence of the numerous successful health cross-border projects13 across Europe, and that the experience gained from these could be capitalised on with a view to enhancing cross-border cooperation in this area, for the benefit of EU citizens; furthermore, underlines the importance of learning from and further using the potential of success stories of some border regions; _________________ 13 https://www.interregeurope.eu/policylearni ng/news/6157/innovation-in-healthcare- showcasing-interreg-europe-good- practices/?no_cache=1&cHash=44676ec10 795d5bda5628029f930f60a
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Recommends developing a sustainable comparable cross-border database and mapping border and cross- border healthcare operators to make cross-border realities visible and to create new opportunities;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Recommends improving cross- border supply of healthcare by promoting e-medicine and joint public health and social services in a sustainable and a win- win context;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to encourage better management of cross- border healthcare, as EU patients still face challenges in accessing healthcare in other Member States and only a minority of potential patients are aware of their rights to seek cross-border healthcare; therefore, establishing standard protocols and regular meetings for developing integrated cross border emergency services would be most welcomed;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Strongly encourages the promotion of specific intermediaries, such as ZOASTs, EGTCs, Health Observatories, or other networks to help coordinate cross-border cooperation in healthcare in collaboration with local and national authorities;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Believes that Interreg programmes can supply joint public health services and initiate other cross-border initiatives as promoting such proximity is highly compatible with the objective of green sustainability;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Emphasize the importance of small-scale and cross-border projects in bringing people together and in that way opening new potentials for sustainable local development and cross-border health cooperation;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)