#National health scheme (GESY)

Nearly all of those who have used the general health system (Gesy) said they were satisfied with its services, a survey by the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) to mark two ...

Medical professionals are being dropped from the general health system (Gesy) for trying to cheat the system through fictitious claims, the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) revealed on Tuesday. Reports place ...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday said he was concerned about complacency following the improved epidemiological situation, calling on people to continue observing personal protection measures and vaccinate. During a ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) on Wednesday launched a new service on its website allowing the public to arrange appointments online with doctors and other services at public hospitals. ...

The national health scheme (Gesy) may have deficiencies but offers multiple benefits, the federation of Cyprus patients’ associations (Osak) said on Tuesday on the occasion of the scheme’s two-year ...

Over €74 million from the €1.2 billion allocated to Cyprus from the Cyprus Recovery and Resilience Plan will go to strengthening the health system over the next five years, Health Minister Constantinos ...

Despite difficulties and under extremely unfavourable conditions, we managed to fundamentally reform the health sector By Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou The general health system (Gesy) which has been hailed as ...

Revenue from contributions to the health system Gesy amounted to €840 million in 2020, a senior official told the Cyprus News Agency on Sunday. Angelos Tropis, an official with the Health Insurance ...

Personal doctors are not ‘secretaries’, the health insurance organisation (HIO) said on Friday and reminded people that Gesy beneficiaries need to visit their personal doctors to get a referral for ...

Pensioners’ union Ekysy has called on the government to subsidise drugs for which they now must pay full price, and for lower Gesy contributions for the elderly. The union said ...

About 700 war-disabled lost free access to health care following the introduction of the national health scheme (Gesy), MPs heard on Tuesday. Speaking at the House refugee committee, the head of ...

A total of 43,448 people received inpatient care through the general health scheme (Gesy) since its introduction, according to figures released by the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) on Thursday. Specifically, 8,800 patients ...

More than 850,000 people registered with Gesy and with a general practitioner during the first 18 months of the health system’s operation, it was announced on Monday. The Health Insurance Organisation (...

Doctors union Pasyky on Monday slammed the state health services (Okypy) for failing to respect the deal reached between the two last year regarding monetary incentives for physicians. “Okypy’s ...

Specialised nurses will pay house calls to administer coronavirus vaccinations to the bedridden, the health ministry said on Friday. As part of its vaccination roll-out, the ministry said it was ...

Parliament on Thursday passed the 2021 budgets for two agencies that are key components of the national health scheme (Gesy), also giving the nod to the balance sheets of several semi-governmental ...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Thursday refuted claims that the forced sale of public hospitals is on the cards unless the state health services organisation (Okypy) succeeds in putting its ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has assessed that the state health services organisation (Okypy) will be unable to cover its budget deficit by 2024, the date when the state support is due to ...

Over 43,000 beneficiaries of the national health scheme (Gesy) have received inpatient care since its launch, the health insurance organisation (HIO) told the health minister in a conference call on Monday. ...

The past week saw state health services organisation (Okypy) trading barbs with unions representing government doctors and nurses, the latter accusing the former of haphazardly managing the endeavour against Covid-19. ...

Clinical psychologists registered in the national health scheme (Gesy) will be able to provide online sessions to their clients starting January 20, the psychologist association (Pasypsy) said on Saturday. Following a ...