May be of interest to HIFA members and may discuss changes to essential services during covid19.
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Date Tue, 7 Dec 2021, 09:01
Subject Register for "State of Health in the EU – Country Health Profiles
2021 and Companion Report" (Mon 13 Dec, 10:30-11:30 CET)
Virtual Launch Event on 13 Dec 10:30 CET
*Monday, 13 December 2021*
*10:30 - 11:30 CET*
*State of Health in the EU – Country Health Profiles 2021 and Companion Report*
We invite you to join this webinar to find out more about the Country Health Profiles 2021 and the Companion Report, focusing on the resilience of health systems in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
High-level representatives from the European Commission, the OECD and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies will present key findings from the new series of Country Health Profiles (EU27 + Iceland and Norway) and the Companion Report that highlights a selection of cross-cutting issues drawn from the Country Health Profiles and showcases the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Country Health Profiles and Companion Report are part of the State of Health in the EU cycle, which is a two-year recurring project that the European Commission has been carrying out in partnership with the OECD and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies since 2016.
The 2021 Country Health Profiles and Companion report will be available on 13 December on the websites of the Observatory <https://europeanobservatory.cmail19.com/t/d-l-adjlrtt-tunhhyhut-y/>, the OECD <https://europeanobservatory.cmail19.com/t/d-l-adjlrtt-tunhhyhut-j/> and the European Commission <https://europeanobservatory.cmail19.com/t/d-l-adjlrtt-tunhhyhut-d/>.
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Moderation: Maya Matthews, Head of Unit, Performance of National Health Systems, European Commission
*10:30-10:35 Opening remarks*
- Sandra Gallina, Director General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
*10:35-11:00 Presentation of the Country Profiles 2021*
- Stefano Scarpetta, Director, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OEC
- Josep Figueras, Director, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
*11:00-11:25 Presentation of the Companion Report 2021: European health systems resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic (followed by Q&A)*
- Andrzej Rys, Director, Health Systems, Medical Products and Innovation, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
*11:25-11:30 Concluding remarks*
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[forwarded by] HIFA profile: Richard Fitton is a retired family doctor - GP, British Medical Association. Professional interests: Health literacy, patient partnership of trust and implementation of healthcare with professionals, family and public involvement in the prevention of modern lifestyle diseases, patients using access to professional records to overcome confidentiality barriers to care, patients as part of the policing of the use of their patient data Email address: richardpeterfitton7 AT gmail.com
[*Note from HIFA moderator (Neil PW): Thanks Richard. Would anyone like to attend this on behalf of HIFA and share your brief observations with us afterwards? The meeting is particularly relevant to our WHO-supported HIFA project on Mainitining essential health services during COVID-19, and I hope the lessons learned from Europe will be widely shared]
