11 Amendments of Emma McCLARKIN related to 2010/2089(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises that health inequalities, especially in life expectancy, have the most significant impact on the lowest socio-economic groups
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes the promotion of the European Year of Active Ageing 2012 where intergenerational solidarity is a primary goal and in which provisions are made to enhance the health of older age groups
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States should regard early diagnosis practices and preventative care programmes as essential to reducing health inequalities; they should be encouraged to further develop these schemes, as well as ensuring they are suitably funded;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Urges the Commission, in the context of its collaboration with the competent authorities of the Member States, to promote best practices on pricing and reimbursement of medicines, including workable models for pharmaceutical price differentiation so as to optimise affordability and reduce inequalities in access to medicines;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission and Members States should develop a set of indicators to monitor and measure health inequalities by a wide variety of factors, whilst utilising the resources already available in this field, including the ECHI, the WHO, and the OECD;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Asks the Commission to study the effects of decisions based on national and regional assessments of the effectiveness of medicines and medical devices on the internal market, including patient access, innovation in new products and medical practices, which are some of the main elements effecting health equality;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the potential of the Directive on Patients' Rights in Cross-Border Healthcare Directive (2008/0142 (COD) as a potentially useful tool) for addressing health inequalities, providing that it maintains public protection and safeguards patient safety;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that high-quality and efficient cross-border healthcare requires increased transparency of information for the public, patients, regulators and healthcare providers on a wide range of issues, including patients' rights, access to redress and the regulation of healthcare professionals;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges Members States to fully implement the Professional Qualifications Directive (2005/36/EC) and; encourages the Commission in its evaluation and review of the Directive to address some of the regulatory gaps that have the potential to harm patients and compromise a patients right to safe treatment; invites the Commission to further consider whether to make use ofregistration with the IMI System, mand whetheratory for competent authorities and improve the extent to which competent authorities can proactively share disciplinary information about healthcare professionals by creating an alert mechanism similar to that in operation for the Services Directive (2006/123/EC) could be incorporated for the professions;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Asks the Commission to carry out a thorough impact assessment of any alert mechanism for medical professionals;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that increased innovation often leads to greater accessibility to treatment, which is particularly relevant for isolated or rural communities;