9 Amendments of Urszula KRUPA related to 2009/0003(CNS)
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Poor patient safety represents both a severe public health problem and a high economic burden on limited health resources. A large proportion of adverse events are preventable, both in the hospital sector and in primary care, with limited financial resources and systemic factors appearing to account for a majority of them.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Evidence suggests that EU Member States are at different levels in the development and implementation of effective and comprehensive patient safety strategies. Therefore, this initiative intends to create a framework to stimulate policy development and future action in and between Member States to address the key patient safety issues confronting the EU, above all the responsibility of healthcare establishments and institutions for people's health.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Patients should be informed and empowered by involving them in the patient safety process; they should be informed of levels of safety, including of the medicines dispensed and on how they can find accessible and comprehensible information on complaints and redress systems in relation to healthcare institutions and establishments and pharmaceutical companies.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) A national strategy, complementary to strategies targeted towards the prudent use of antimicrobial agents, should be developed incorporating prevention and control of healthcare -associated infections into national public health objectives and aiming to reduce the risk of healthcare- associated infections within healthcare institutions. It is essential that the necessary resources for implementing the components of the national strategy are allocated as part of the core funding for healthcare delivery and that the level of such resources remains constant.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Part I – Chapter II – point 1 – point a
Part I – Chapter II – point 1 – point a
(a) Designating the competent authority or authorities responsible for patient safetyies at the various levels of state and local government administration responsible for patient safety and supervision and coordination of measures to improve public health on their territory;
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Part I – Chapter II – point 2 – point b a (new)
Part I – Chapter II – point 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) Informing patients about treatment risks and introducing legal mechanisms to facilitate the lodging of claims for damage to health, including against pharmaceutical companies.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Part I – Chapter II – point 3 – point a
Part I – Chapter II – point 3 – point a
(a) Provide adequate information on the extent, types and causes of errors, adverse events and near misses and identify those responsible;
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Annex 1 – line 4 – column 2
Annex 1 – line 4 – column 2
An charitable or public or non-public healthcare institution where healthcare volunteers or workers provide secondary or tertiary care.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Annex 2 – Chapter 1 – point 2 – point a
Annex 2 – Chapter 1 – point 2 – point a
(a) Disseminating information to patients on complaints procedures and available remedies and redress, if they are harmed by healthcare or a treatment, and on the terms and conditions applicable as well as the possibility of obtaining redress from public or private bodies;