Activities of Avril DOYLE related to 2008/0142(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Patients' rights in cross-border healthcare (debate)
Amendments (1)
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) European reference networks should provide healthcare to all patients who have conditions requiring a particular concentration of resources or expertise, in order to provide affordable, high quality and cost-effective care and could also be focal points for medical training and research, information dissemination and evaluation. The mechanism for identification and development of the European reference networks should be established with the aim to organise at European level equal access to high level shared expertise in a given medical field for all patients as well as for health professionals. Significant synergies could be achieved by combining the institutional framework for reference networks with the central contact points within Member States, pursuant to Recital 34.