Activities of Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES related to 2020/0102(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Programme for the Union's action in the field of health for the period 2021-2027 (“EU4Health Programme”) (debate)
Programme for the Union’s action in the field of health for the period 2021-2027 (‘EU4Health programme’) (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Demographic change and technological innovation are some of the most important challenges facing our health systems. The aging of the population is largely due to the success of our healthcare systems and forces them, at the same time, to a structural transformation: from a healthcare model focused mainly on acute diseases, it is necessary to move towards a healthcare model in which chronic diseases gain more weight. It is important that the Member States accompany each other in this process of transformation of the healthcare model, and for this reason it is necessary to strengthen good practices exchanging mechanisms. TheEU4Health programme should play an important role in guiding these exchanges.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) We now know that social and economic determinants are a persistent source of inequalities in health. One of the priority objectives of Member States' public health systems should be the fight against these inequalities. The COVID- 19pandemic has threatened the European population as a whole, but once again the most economically vulnerable populations have been the most affected. It is essential that the projects of the EU4Health programme are managed in accordance with the general and transversal objective of reducing health inequalities. Likewise, the EU4Health programme's projects should also serve to assist Member States in the reformulation of the budgets of their health systems, with the aim of making them more clearly redistributed according to the criteria of health inequalities of the population.
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) There is plenty of scientific evidence that shows that health prevention and promotion policies (public health policies) are central to guaranteeing the right to health of citizens, and those are also the most efficient in terms of cost effectiveness. However, even today most of the budgets of the health systems of the majority of Member States are given very little space to policies for the prevention and promotion of health. The COVID-19 pandemic has firmly confirmed the importance of public health policies for our societies. For this reason, it is necessary that the projects of the EU4Health programme accompany Member States to reformulate the budgets of their health systems in order to fulfil greater financial strength to these policies.
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 b (new)
Recital 19 b (new)
(19b) Likewise, it is absolutely necessary to remember that these prevention and promotion strategies concern all sectoral policies: fiscal, commercial, economic, educational, housing, cultural, social assistance, etc. "Health in all policies" (HiAP) should be a non-negotiable principle of all public policies. An instrument already used at the national level is the so-called Health Test to assess the health impact of the different sectoral policies. It is necessary to deploy a Health Test methodology of all the programmes managed by the Union.
Amendment 381 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
Amendment 434 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
(10a) "health in all policies principle": policy formulation approach that systematically considers health implications of decisions in all sectors, seeking synergies and avoiding the harmful effects on health of policies outside the health sector, in order to improve population's health and health equity. It develops the capacity of health policy professionals to recognise and support the development goals of other sectors, recognising the interdependent nature of social, economic, and environmental development;
Amendment 540 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
(4a) accompany the Member States in the reformulation of the budgets of their health systems so that they are more clearly redistributed according to the criteria of inequalities in population health;
Amendment 591 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) support integrated work among Member States, and in particular their health systems, including the implementation of high-impact prevention practices, and scaling up networking through the European Reference Networks and other transnational networks, as well as exchange good practices in order to make it easier for Member States to make the transition towards a healthcare model where aging and chronicity have gained relevance;
Amendment 608 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
(10a) support policies that guarantee the principle "health in all policies";
Amendment 609 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 10 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 10 b (new)
(10b) strengthen public sector participation in health research strategies, in coherence with the Horizon Europe programme, in order to reinforce the necessary resources so that all strategic health research that cannot be done without public support may be carried out;