The 2nd Conference of Ministers of Health of the European Union acceding countries, Austria, Italy, Ireland, Netherland, Greece, EC and WHO will be organised in the Czech Republic on 1-4 April 2004.
Speakers include the Czech and Irish Ministers of Health, representatives of the Council of Europe and Mr Pavel Telicka, shadow EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Affairs. The conference entitled Ageing Europe - demographic changes and proposed solutions, challenge or threat? has the following items for discussion:
1) Patient mobility
- Ageing Europe
- EU position
- position of the accession countries
- proposed solutions
- envisaged migration-related financial costs
2) Working time - health sector
- EU legislation
- position of the accession countries
- proposed solutions
3) Mutual recognition of qualifications
- legislative situation in the accession countries
common action of the accession countries
- EU legislation
Two agenda items are for information purposes:
4) Drug classification
- method of defining the payments for drugs and healthcare material
- situation in the accession countries
5) Transplantations
- Update on the activities of the European Transplant Network
- outcomes of the meeting of experts
