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GHS providers who break the rules could be publicly named under new bill

Patients could soon see which General Healthcare System (GHS) providers have been convicted of offences or sanctioned for breaking...
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Remedica recall leaves seven medicines with no available alternative

Seven of the medicines caught in Remedica's recall have no alternative available on the market, the Health Insurance Organisation...
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Seven recalled medicines have no replacement in Cyprus, health authorities say

Seven of the 12 Remedica products hit by a voluntary recall have no alternative available on prescription containing the...
Local

GHS doctors scramble to switch patient prescriptions after Remedica drug recall

Doctors within Cyprus's General Health System (GHS/GESY) are scrambling to change patients' prescriptions following yesterday's announcement of a mass...
Local

Patients still paying out of pocket for occupational therapy under GHS

Nearly seven years, two governments, five health ministers, three different directors and two different presidents at the Health Insurance...
Local

Expired consumables for colonoscopies, Ministry of Health explains

The screening programme for colon cancer, implemented by the Ministry of Health, has begun. Some citizens, however, have reported...
Local

HIO fines three doctors €11,500 over GHS billing breaches

Cyprus's Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) fined three doctors a total of €11,500 last month after inspections found they had...
Local

Blocked referrals, missing drugs and a stalled police probe: what GeSY patients complained about last month

The Patient Rights Observatory of the Cyprus Federation of Patients' Associations (CyFPA) logged 46 complaints last month, most concerning...
Living in Cyprus

How to access public healthcare in Cyprus

Cyprus historically operated a dual public–private healthcare system, with a significant reliance on out-of-pocket payments before the introduction of...
Local

Patients stuck waiting, or paying €25, when doctors run out of referrals

Charalambos Papadopoulos, president of the Cyprus Federation of Patient Associations (OSAK), called yesterday for a review of restrictions the...
Opinion

Seven years GHS: the achievements, the shortcomings, and the challenge ahead

Seven years on from the launch of the General Health System, Cypriot society has every reason to acknowledge it...
Opinion

The HIO is not a private insurer — the GHS itself shows you the way

Seven years ago today, I was up at the crack of dawn waiting for my local pharmacy to open...
Local

GHS clamps down on substitute doctor loophole from June 1

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) is tightening the rules governing substitute doctors under the General Health System (GHS) from...
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