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EPSU HSS Activities 2008
New EPSU-report
European healthcare services and multinational companies
(November 2007) The report written by Jane Lethbridge (the University of Greenwich) reviews multinational companies involved in the healthcare sector, focusing on companies that either have, or are eligible for a European Works Council (EWCs). Multinational healthcare companies seem to be increasingly involved in the provision of healthcare services- this report gives an overview of the trends and includes short company profiles.
to read the report open document (...)
to read the report open document (...)
Commission takes ’extreme position’ on market healthcare debate
(5 September 2006, Brussels) In quotes attributed to the Health Commissioner in the Financial Times of 5 September, the European Commission today signalled that it is willing to take an extreme position on the influence of the internal market in healthcare, ahead of any democratic debate on the issue. Already reeling from their complete failure to include healthcare in the Services Directive, the European Commission has decided to preclude any upcoming debate with the statement ’"the (...)
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