Childers to hold EU seminar on cancer patients and proposed cross-border healthcare directive
Posted by Bronwen Maher on September 13, 2010 at 02:57 PM
Event: Cross-Border Healthcare – A Necessity for Cancer Patients
Date & Time: Wednesday, 15 September, 12.15 to 3.30pm
Venue: European Parliament, Paul-Henri Spaak Building, Room P1A002
On Wednesday, EU Health & Consumer Affairs Commissioner John Dalli will address a seminar hosted by Labour MEP Nessa Childers where the needs of European cancer patients will be discussed in the context of the EU’s proposed Cross-Border Health Directive.
The second ‘Forum Against Cancer in Europe’ (FACE) which will take place in the European Parliament in Brussels will hear from patients and patients’ groups about the practical difficulties faced by cancer patients in accessing treatment and care on a cross-border basis.
The Forum will also explore how the proposed new Cross-Border Healthcare Directive has the capacity to improve outcomes and survival rates for those with cancer across the EU.
