Activities of Karin KADENBACH related to 2011/0339(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Third programme for the Union's action if the field of health (2014-2020) (debate)
Amendments (22)
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Continued effort is required in order to meet the requirements set out in Article 168 of the Treaty. Promoting good health at EU level is an integral part of the ‘Europe 2020: A European Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’. Keeping people healthy and active for longer will have positive overall health effectand empowering them to take an active role in managing their health, inter alia by improving people's health literacy, will have positive overall effects on health, including reduction of health inequalities, and a positive impact on productivity and competitiveness, while reducing pressures on national budgets. Innovation in all factors and measures having an impact on health helps take up the challenge of sustainability in the sector in the context of demographic change, and action to reduce inequalities in health is important to achieve ‘inclusive growth’. It is appropriate in this context to establish a ‘Health for Growth’ Programme, the third programme of EU action on health (2014- 2020) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Programme’).
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Innovation in health in terms of products, and services, health promotion, disease prevention, timely diagnosis, appropriate treatment and rehabilitation and the organisation and provision of care, has the potential to enhance the quality of care to patients and respond to unmet needs, while also improving the cost- efficiency and sustainability of care. Therefore, the Programme should facilitate the uptake of innovation in healthcare in the broadest sense.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The position of the patient should be strengthened by enhancing health literacy to achieve better and safer health outcomes. PaCitizents need to be empowered to manage their health and their healthcare more pro-actively. The transparency, prevent poor health, cooperate with healthcare more pro-actively and to make informed choices, inter alia by enhancing their health literacy. The transparency and patient-centredness of healthcare activities and systems, and the availability of reliable, independent and user-friendly information to patients should be optimised. Healthcare practices should be informed by feedback from and communication with patients. Support for Member States, patient organisations and stakeholders is essential and should be coordinated at EU level in order to effectively help patients and in particular those affected by rare diseases to benefit from cross border healthcare.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In the context of an ageing society, well-directed investments to promote health and prevent diseases can increase the number of ‘'healthy life years’' and thus enable the elderly to continue working as they grow older. Chronic diseases are responsible for over 80% of premature mortality in the EU. By identifying, disseminating and promoting the up-take of validated best practices for cost-effective prevention measures focused on the key risk factors, namely smoking, abuse of alcohol and obesity, as well as on HIV/AIDS, the Programme will contribute to prevent diseases and promote good health, also bearing in mind underlying factors of a social and, environmental and congenital nature.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In accordance with art 114 of the Treaty, a high level of health protection should be ensured in the legislation adopted by the Union for the establishment and the functioning of the Internal Market. In line with this objective, the Programme should undertake special efforts to support actions required by and contributing to the aims of EU legislation in the fields of medicinal products, medical devices, human tissues and cells, blood, human organs, communicable diseases and other health threats, patients' rights in cross- border healthcare (e.g. access to centres of expertise) and tobacco products and advertisement.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The value and impact of the Programme should be regularly monitored and evaluated and patients and their representative organizations should be included in this activity. Its evaluation should take into account the fact that the achievement of the Programme's objectives may require a longer time period than its duration.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
The general objectives of the Health for Growth Programme shall be to work with the Member States and representative health stakeholder organizations to encourage innovation in healthcare in the widest sense and increase the sustainability of health systems, to improve the health of the EU citizens and protect them from cross-border health threats.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 2 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – point 2 – paragraph 1
(2) To increase access to medical expertise and information for specific conditions also beyond national borders, and to develop shared solutions and guidelines to improve health literacy, patient empowerment, healthcare quality and patient safety in order to increase access to better and safer healthcare for EU citizens.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – point 3 – paragraph 1
(3) To identify, disseminate and promote the up-take of validated best practices for cost-effective prevention measure by addressing the key risk factors, namely smoking, abuse of alcohol and obesity, as well as HIV/AIDS, with a focus on the cross border dimension, in order to prevent diseases and promote good health, and to empower EU citizens and patients to play an active role in managing their health and healthcare, inter alia by enhancing their health literacy skills.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – point 3 – paragraph 2
This objective will be measured in particular through the increase of number of Member States involved in promoting good health and preventing diseases, using the validated best practices, as well as through the monitoring of health literacy levels across the Union, using appropriate indicators.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – indent 2.2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – indent 2.2
– 2.2. Support action on rare diseases including creation of European Reference Networks (in accordance with 2.1) and centres of expertise, information and registries based on the common criteria for accreditation;
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – indent 2.3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – indent 2.3
– 2.3. Strengthen collaboration on patient safety and quality of healthcare, by increasing the availability of information to patients, improve access to appropriate and high quality health care, exchange of best practices and development of clinical and treatment guidelines; support action on chronic diseases caretimely diagnosis, appropriate treatment and care in relation to chronic diseases, both life-style related chronic disease as well as diseases that have congenital, social or environmental causes and research including development of European clinical and treatment guidelines;
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – indent 2.5
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – indent 2.5
– 2.5. Actions required by or contributing to the objectives of EU legislation in the fields of tissues and cells, blood, organs, patients' rights in cross-border healthcare and medicinal products to ensure timely and safe access;
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – indent 2.6 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – indent 2.6 a (new)
- 2.6a. Strengthen the patient-centredness and comprehensibility of health systems and enhance citizens' health literacy to make health systems better accessible and understandable for patients.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
(3) Promoting health literacy, good health and preventing diseases:
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 3.3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 3.3 a (new)
- 3.3a. Advance health literacy in the European population through specific programmes in all areas such as health promotion, prevention and patient-centred care;
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 3.3 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 3.3 b (new)
- 3.3b. ensure that health systems are designed to make citizens able to access, understand, appraise and apply information to make decisions in terms of disease prevention, health promotion and healthcare, and hence make better and more sustainable use of health services;
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall implement the Programme by establishing annual work programmes, with the input from health stakeholders and their representative organizations, including patients, setting out the elements provided in the Financial Regulation and in particular:
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, in close cooperation with the Member States and health stakeholders and their representative organizations, including patients, monitor the implementation of the actions under the programme in the light of its objectives and indicators, including information on the amount of climate related expenditure. It shall report thereon to the committee referred to in Article 13, and shall keep the European Parliament and the Council informed.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 1 – point 1.7 a (new)
Annex 1 – point 1 – point 1.7 a (new)
1.7a. Actions required to facilitate the continuous monitoring of health literacy in the Union and to develop effective approaches for advancing health literacy in the work force and for the design of health literate service provision
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 3.1
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 3.1
3.1. Cost-effective promotion and prevention measures: this will include actions towards the setting up of pan- European networks and partnerships engaging wide range of actors in improving health literacy through communication and awareness raising actions on key health issues such as smoking prevention, abuse of alcohol, addressing obesity and low physical activity with a focus on the cross-border dimension and on Member States with no or little action on these issues.
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 3.2
Annex 1 – point 3 – point 3.2
3.2. Chronic diseases: support European cooperation and networking on preventing and improving the response to chronic diseases including cancer, by sharing knowledge, good practice and developing joint activities on prevention and enhancing health literacy. Cancer: follow- up work already undertaken; set up a European cancer information system with comparable data; support cancer screening, including voluntary accreditation mechanisms; support the development of European guidelines for prevention where major inequalities exist.