13 Amendments of Thomas ULMER related to 2010/2089(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas health inequalities have also an important gender dimension: women in general live longer than men but may spend a longer proportion of their lives in ill health,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas rates of morbidity are usually higher among those in lower educational, occupational and income groups and substantial inequalities are also found in the prevalence of most specific diseases, including mental illness, and most specific forms of disability,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas rates of morbidity are usually higher among those in lower educational, occupational and income groups and substantial inequalities are also found in the prevalence of most specific diseases, including mental illness, oral diseases and most specific forms of disability,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas inequalities also exist in the prevalence of most specific illnesses, including mental illnesses, and of most specific types of disability,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas health inequalities are due to differences between population groups in a wide range of factors which affect health, including: living conditions; health-related behaviours; education, occupation and income; health care, disease prevention and health promotion services; and public policies influencing to some extent the quantity, quality and distribution of these factors,
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to improve their capacity to monitor closely the social impacts of the crisis;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages all the Member States, in the context of subsidiarity, to invest in social, educational, environmental and health services infrastructure;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to promote policies aiming at ensuring healthy life conditions for all infants and children, including actions to support pregnant women and parents, particularly in the area of oral health;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that equitable access to healthcare and treatment options for older patients are included in their health policies and programmes;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points to the importance of raising the average level of healthcare and decreasing the inequalities between different social groups, and underlines that these objectives could be achieved through the optimisation of public spending for healthcare;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points to the importance of raising the average level of healthcare and decreasing the inequalities between different social and age groups, and underlines that these objectives could be achieved through the optimisation of public spending for healthcare and improved access to health and treatment options for all citizens, regardless of their age, gender or societal status;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to draw up guidelines to improve the mechanisms to monitor inequalities in health across the EU (between and within Member States) by improving data collection via more systematic and comparable information that complements existing data on health inequalities and via regular monitoring and analysis;