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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9888

24 April 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/health
Parliament wants effective system of access to cross border care for European patients

Strasbourg, 23/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - With its adoption of the report by British Conservative John Bowis on patients' rights in cross-border health care (by 297 votes to 120, with 152 abstentions), the European Parliament has shown its desire for a coherent and effective legal system that allows for patient mobility where it is required, without putting into question national responsibility for the organisation of health systems. The high abstention level was due, just as in the committee...

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