Citizens’ participation in free home -cost mission is high. 3,000 – 4,000 applications are performed daily for distribution of drugs. ‘The home distribution of high -cost drugs from EOPYY It is one of the reforms in the NHS that concerns the “heart” of the system and offers dignity and facilitation to more than 120,000 of our fellow citizens each month, regardless of the resident area. This reform concerns all high -cost medicines, except for non -marketing medicines and IVF medications, “the Deputy Minister of Health said yesterday. Marios Themistoclesspeaking to ERT.
The process is extremely simple and is done through the EOPYY website. For those who are not familiar with digital platforms, there is the possibility of telephone service through 18181, where they can give their details and receive support for the application.
At the same time within July begins the evaluation of public hospital by patients. “This is the first time we have given citizens the opportunity to share their experience in a organized and systematic way,” Mr Themistokleous said. He added that “after the discharge and after a few days, patients will receive an SMS, with a link that will include questions from the quality of the food and cleanliness, to the staff and service they received from the hospital. The information collected from the evaluation will be readily available in real time to the hospital administration so that it can intervene immediately and solve any problems. The data will also be used by the Ministry of Health, as hospital performance has also been linked to the evaluation of their administrations. “