Interest Group on Access to Healthcare hosted event, European Parliament, Brussels 

On 11 October, the European Parliament Interest Group on Access to Healthcare hosted a hearing in relation to the Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health’s Opinion entitled ‘Benchmarking access to healthcare in the EU’. The hearing, organised by the European Commission, was attended by stakeholders representing a wide variety of interests and backgrounds, with all professional associations working in the fields concerned present.

The hearing aimed to provide those attending with an opportunity to express their commitment to join efforts in closing gaps in access to healthcare, to learn about possible approaches, to set benchmarks in access to healthcare and about policy levers guiding Member States to close these gaps and to learn how the Opinion could be used.

Please click below to download the following additional materials:

• Report
• Draft opinion on Benchmarking access to healthcare in the EU