#National health scheme (GESY)

Accessibility of Gesy providers for people with disabilities is not a given By Efi Xanthou On October 27, 2022, a report from Gesy’s oversight ombudsperson was distributed to various government departments ...

A few weeks ago, everyone marked the four years of the national health scheme Gesy, the only public institution that is afforded a birthday celebration every year. We very much ...

Patients undergo “unimaginable suffering” because of an ongoing spat between physiotherapists and the and the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), the federation of patients’ associations said on Tuesday. They called on ...

Irregular doctor charges and long waiting times for appointments are not widespread, head of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) Andreas Papaconstantinou said on Monday. Speaking on CyBC’s morning programme, ...

Reports that specialist doctors working under Gesy illegally charge their patients extra for earlier appointments prompted the medical association to call for an investigation on Friday. The health insurance organisation (...

Increases in applications from private companies wishing to become part of the national health scheme (Gesy) are being seen as positive so far, but authorities say that capacity planning will ...

‘For Gesy to continue, there need to be changes’ Mistakes were made while introducing the largest reform to the health system through Gesy’s implementation, and deeply rooted changes need ...

Doctors are charging patients arbitrarily, watchdog says By Iole Damaskinos Complaints are on the rise from state healthcare (Gesy) patients about specialists and personal doctors charging increased fees. According to ...

Diagnostics centres and medical labs affiliated to Gesy have been complaining because the unit price they are paid has been steadily falling. Phileleftheros reported that the unit price for diagnostics ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari on Friday said that greater efforts must be promoted to upgrade the national health scheme Gesy. Speaking after a meeting with Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos, Kanari ...

Covid-19 prevented the adoption of quality checks within the national health scheme, an issue the new government plans to tackle, Health Minister Dr Popi Kanari said on Thursday. There is ...

We must protect national health scheme Gesy without changing its philosophy, Disy leader Annita Demetriou said on Wednesday, expressing the party’s readiness to discuss proposals for its improvement. She ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Wednesday that €5 million would be given to upgrading medical equipment at hospitals, out of a total €74.1 million earmarked to upgrade the national health scheme (...

One of the biggest challenges in Gesy is clamping down on abuse in the system and ensuring quality services are offered to patients, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Thursday ...

The Cyprus medical association on Thursday was looking into disciplinary procedures for a father-son doctor duo who were arrested for collaborating to illicitly grab money off Gesy. The father, 62 was ...

The medical association’s ethics board has asked to be briefed about a 62-year-old doctor who was arrested on Tuesday for violating national health scheme Gesy regulations, police said. In ...

The continuous upgrading of the national health scheme is necessary to provide the best quality health services, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. In his address at the second scientific ...

The introduction of a patients’ rights commissioner is among the demands of the Cyprus Federation of Patients’ Associations (Osak) to assure that no one is deprived of their health rights, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday met with Stavros Michail, chairman of the health insurance organisation (HIO), where they discussed needed improvements to the national healthcare system (Gesy). “The president assured ...

The health ministry is promoting targeted interventions for the prevention and protection of public health, according to a statement released in honour of World Health Day. “The ministry is working ...

Employees in the semi-public sector will no longer have the benefit of private health insurance, MPs have decided this week, citing the introduction of a national health scheme (Gesy). There ...

Patient surveys at hospitals will be used to evaluate how much funding each one will receive from the national health scheme (Gesy) at the end of the year, the health ...

State doctors’ union (Pasyki) lambasted state health services organisation (Okypy) in a scathing statement issued on Monday calling for targeted action to ensure the viability of public hospitals. The union ...

Latest version of bill on ambulances gathering dust since 2019 Despite promises, the long-awaited bill regulating the ambulance services has been delayed again, three years after it was submitted to parliament. ...