15 Amendments of Bairbre de BRÚN related to 2010/2089(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas climate change is expected to result in a number of potential health impacts through increased frequency of extreme weather events such as heat waves and floods, through changing patterns of infectious disease, and via increased exposure to UV radiation; whereas not all EU countries are equally prepared to address these challenges,
Amendment 36 #
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 heart diseases, mental illness, and most specific forms of disability,
Amendment 46 #
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 and nutrition habits; education, occupation and income; health care, disease prevention and health promotion services; and public policies influencing the quantity, quality and distribution of and access to these factors,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
Recital H d (new)
Hd. whereas people living in remote and insular areas continue to have limited access to prompt and high -quality healthcare,
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H e (new)
Recital H e (new)
He. whereas patients leaving with chronic diseases or conditions form a specific group subject to inequalities in access to diagnosis and care, social and other support services, and are subject to vulnerabilities including financial strain, access to employment, social discrimination and stigma,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the middle- and long-term effects of EU states' increased indebtedness will have a very serious effect in particular on public sectors jobs and publicly organised and/or publicly subsidised social- health-, and care services,
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that attention must focus on the whole social gradient, with particular attention to be given to the needs of people in poverty, disadvantaged migrant and ethnic minority groups, people with disabilities, elderlypatients diagnosed with chronic diseases or conditions, older people and children living in poverty;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the consideration of functional age instead of chronological age as a means of assessing patients’ healthcare needs and access to treatment, particularly in older patients;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the economic and financial crisis and of the austerity measures undertaken by Member States, in particular on the supply side, may lead to a reduction in the level of funding for public health and health and long-term care services as a result of budget cuts and lower tax revenues, while the demand for health and long-term care services may increase as a result of a combination of factors that contribute to the deterioration of the health status among the general population;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Council to evaluate measures to mitigate the impact of the economic crisis and of the austerity measures undertaken by Member States on the health care sector, in particular in the following areas: investing in health infrastructure, public health, health promotion and disease prevention, optimising funding for the health care sector, restructuring and reorganising the health care system;
Amendment 122 #
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 children, including actions to support pregnant women and parents; calls on the Member States to fully implement existing legislation on the protection of pregnant women at the workplace;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to support a ‘local care approach’ and to ensure the provision of integrated healthcare, accessible at a local or regional level, enabling patients to be better supported in their own local and social environment;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. CRegrets the lack of ambition within the Europe 2020 strategy as regards to reducing health inequalities in the EU; calls on the Council and the Commission to give greater recognition within the Europe 2020 strategy to the fact that health and well-being are key to fighting exclusion and to include indicators stratified by socio-economic status in the monitoring of the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the reduction of health inequalities, isncluding the specific needs of older people, are fully addressed in the future initiative on healthy ageing;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Underlines that equal access to care is a pillar of a welfare state model based on solidarity and equality, and that the future of the EU's economies and our welfare states to a large extent will be dependent upon how increasing care needs will be organised; highlights that care work in our societies today is an important part of both the formal and informal economy; where the majority of workers are women, many times without proper working conditions and/or security; calls on the Council and the Commission to address the care economy with an aim to improve working conditions and reinforce public service care provision and equal access to care for all;