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The consultation regarding EU action on health services  - Health stakeholders’ perspectives

A Roundtable co-organised by The Centre for Health & Ethics in Society (CHES) in cooperation with the Royal College of Physicians, London

Date: 6 December  (12.30-16.00)

Venue

Madariaga Brussels Foundation, 87 Rue Royale, B – 1000 Brussels

Draft agenda

12.30 to 13.15	Buffet Lunch
13.15 to 13.20	Welcome Raymond Georis, Madariaga European Foundation
13.20 to 13.30	Introduction and meeting objectives Angela Coulter, Special Advisor on EU Patient Mobility Royal College of Physicians, London (RCP)
13.30 to 13.50	Putting the consultation in Context Nick Fahy, Deputy Head of Health Strategy Unit DG Health and Consumer Protection, European Commission
13.50 to 14.30	Introductions to open discussion European Parliament representative: Jean Lambert MEP Member State Representatives: Arto Koho – Finland Frank Niggemeier – Germany
14.30 to 16.00	Open discussion: stakeholders priorities in relation to EU health systems
16.00	Concluding remarks by the chair

Organisers

Paul Belcher (RCP European Advisor) pbelcher@euhealth.org
Christine Marking (CHES Programme Manager) cmarking@skynet.be

Participants

European Commission

Nick Fahy

European Parliament

Jean Lambert MEP (speaker)
Georgs Andrejevs MEP
Dr Rostislava Dimitrova - Policy Adviser

Member States Representatives

Birte van Elk – Health Attaché,  The Netherlands
Arto Koho – Health Attaché, Finland (speaker)
Frank Niggemeier – Health Attaché, Germany (speaker)
John Rowan – Department of Health, UK

Interest groups

Rita Baeten - European for Patients Project/European Social Observatory
Mark Beamish – Council of European Dentists
Christophe de Callatay - EFPIA
John Chave - PGEU
Angela Coulter – Royal College of Physicians (chair)
Grainne Crowley – Cancer Research UK
Clive Needle - EurohealthNet
Victoria Parkins – European Public Health Alliance
Ilaria Passarani – BEUC
Nicolas Pradalie – European Patients Forum
Tamsin Rose - Swedish National Health Institute
Marcel Smeets - AIM
Lisette Tiddens - Standing Committee of European Doctors
Franz Terwey-  European Social Insurance Partners
Celine Van Doosselaere – European Health Management Association
Matthias Wismar – WHO Observatory on Health Systems

Sponsors

Anne Papin - Johnson & Johnson
Alex Tsamparlis – Johnson & Johnson

Organisers

Magali Auquier - CHES
RCP –Paul Belcher
Christine Marking

Host

Madariaga: Raymond Georis

 

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