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Health minister acknowledges cases of GHS overuse as budget rises

Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides acknowledged cases of overuse in the General Health System (GHS) as he presented his ministry’s...
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HIO to survey patients and doctors on treatment abroad

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) has prepared two questionnaires, one for patients and one for the doctors treating them,...
Local

GHS bills pave way for age limit on providers

Doctors and other healthcare providers in the General Health System (GHS) could face a maximum age limit, and the...
Local

Cyprus health system tests AI and photo checks against misuse

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) is developing artificial intelligence tools and piloting a system to detect photographs reused to...
Local

Mounjaro joins GHS drug list, ending named-patient requests

Patients who meet set criteria will be able to get Mounjaro through the General Health System (GHS) from Thursday,...
Local

Private hospitals and nurses clash over shortage and closed beds

Private hospitals said a nursing shortage has forced them to close beds, including intensive care beds, and postpone major...
Local

Expensive drug prescriptions up over 50%, pharmacists say

Prescriptions for expensive medicines under the General Healthcare System (GHS) have risen by more than 50 per cent, affecting...
Local

Nurse shortage forces private hospitals to close beds

Private hospitals in the General Healthcare System (GHS) have closed beds because they do not have enough nurses to...
Local

Flu jabs to start with over-60s as doctors order vaccines

Flu vaccinations for the 2026-2027 winter season will start with people aged 60 and over, as personal doctors in...
Local

Waits cut for cancer treatment requests, Cyprus Oncology Society says

Most of the 90 cancer treatments and treatment combinations assessed in a review of the General Health System's (GHS)...
Local

Advocate finds patient rights breached in 12 of 23 GHS transfer scenarios

Patients moved between hospitals in the General Health System (GHS) can be left without anyone clearly responsible for their...
Local

MPs flag gap in scheme for patients needing further treatment abroad

Patients who have already been treated abroad sometimes hit a wall when their doctors say they need to return...
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Cyprus ranks second globally on healthcare access satisfaction, survey finds

Cyprus ranks second, behind only Switzerland, on an international index measuring satisfaction with the availability of healthcare services, according...
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