Activities of Ivo BELET related to 2018/2108(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Implementation of the cross-border Healthcare Directive (debate) NL
Implementation of the cross-border Healthcare Directive (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive PDF (230 KB) DOC (84 KB)
Amendments (26)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 25 April 2018 on enabling the digital transformation of health and care in the Digital Single Market; empowering citizens and building a healthier society (COM(2018)0233),
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (GDPR).1a _________________ 1a OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1–88
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas not all Member States were able to supply data or information regarding patient mobility;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
G b. whereas 83% of the population is willing to provide medical data if it is used for research and to improve patient's health condition; 2a _________________ 2a https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/fil es/ehealth/docs/2018_consultation_dsm_e n.pdf
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas patients still face practical and legal difficulties when using medical prescriptions across Member States;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas the Eurobarometer Survey of May 2015 indicates that fewer than 20% of citizens feel well informed about their cross-border healthcare rights;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
N a. whereas healthcare professionals cover highly sensitive issues of patients that require clear and easy understandable communication, a language barrier might impede the transfer of information between healthcare professionals and their patients;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses the importance of the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund, including the Interreg Programme, in improving health services and in reducing health inequalities between regions and social groups across Member States; requests that structural and cohesion funds can also be used to improve and facilitate cross border healthcare in the next MFF;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Asks the European Commission to develop guidelines for the Member States to compare, if prior authorisation is installed, treatments abroad with the treatment available in the own Member Sate with cost-effectivity for patients as the guiding principle;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets the fact that some Member States grant lower levels of reimbursement for cross-border healthcare supplied by private or non-contracted healthcare providers on their own territories than for that supplied by public or contracted healthcare providers; considers that reimbursement for private healthcare at the same level as for public healthcare should be guaranteed, provided that the quality and safety of care are ensured;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Asks the Commission and the Member States to work together to assess, realign and drastically simplify reimbursement procedures for patients receiving cross-border care, and to install acoordinating national one-stop-shop front offices;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the Member States and border regions to deepen cross-border healthcare cooperation, in an efficient and financially sustainable manner, in order to secure the best possible care for patients; asks the Commission to support and stimulate a structural exchange of best practices among border regions; encourages the Member States to use these best practices to also improve healthcare in other regions;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. CReminds the essential role of National Contact Points in providing information to patients to make a meaningful decision regarding seeking health care abroad in the EU; calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest further in the development of highly accessible and clearly visible NCPs which provide user- friendly information for patients and health professionals in multiple languages;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recommends that the Commission develops guidelines on the functioning of the NCPs and further facilitates and improves the structural exchange of information and practices between them with the goal of producing harmonised, simplified and patient-friendly procedures and forms;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Stresses the potential of eHealth to improve the access of patients to information on the possibilities of cross border healthcare and on patients’ rights under the directive;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Calls on the Member States to urge health care providers and hospitals to provide patients beforehand with an accurate and up to date cost estimate of the treatment abroad, including medicines, honoraria, overnight stays and supplementary fees;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Asks the Commission to clarify, for the benefit of national experts and by means of information campaigns, the complexity of the current legal situation deriving from the interaction between the directive and the regulations governing social security coordination;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls on the Commission to address the Member States to put in place a mechanism where patients can file complaints in cases where their rights under the Directive have been not respected or even violated;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Recommends that the Commission develops guidelines on the type of information the NCPs should give, in particular concerning the list of treatments which are subject to prior authorization and those which are not, the criteria applied, the procedures etc;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Urges the Commission to address the low rate of rare diseases registration and develop a common standard for the exchange of data in rare disease registries;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Underlines the importance and added value of EU-wide mobility of health care professionals, both during their educational and professional careers, especially to improve knowledge and expertise on rare diseases;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls on the Member States and their respective health authorities to address the legal and practical issues that are hindering the mutual recognition of medical prescriptions across Member States and urges the Commission to take supportive action in this regard;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes the support from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) as part of efforts to ensure that current pilot projects on the exchange of e-prescriptions and patient summaries are successfully developed and pave the way for other Member States to follow by 2020; insists on the continuation of this support in the next Multiannual Financial Framework;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Asks Member States to further intensify the cooperation between the Member States' health authorities across Europe, in order to connect e-health data and personal records with ePrescribing tools, enabling health care professionals to deliver personalised and well informed care towards their patients while fully respecting EU data protection legislation in this regard; calls on the Commission to take action to facilitate such actions;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30 b. Calls on the Commission to address as a priority the digital health needs in the Member States; welcomes the Commission’s support of sustained financial resources to ensure a strong national digital health strategy and create a suitable framework for common actions at the European level to prevent fragmentation of efforts and ensure the exchange of best practices for wider usage of digital technology in the Member States;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30 b. Calls on the Member States to swiftly implement the EU data protection legislation in place in order to assure the safety of patients’ data used in eHealth applications; stresses the need to enable citizens to access and use their own health data, in accordance with the principles laid down in the General Data Protection Regulation;