DG Health and Food Safety is organising the “2nd conference on European Reference Networks” on 8-9 October 2015 in Lisbon, Portugal. This conference will bring together highly specialised healthcare providers, experts, national authorities, decision–makers, and independent bodies with experience in the assessment and evaluation of healthcare providers.
This 2nd conference is hosted by the Ministry of Health of Portugal and supported by the Luxembourgish EU Presidency. The conference will focus on the implementation of European Reference Networks and facilitate the exchange of information and expertise on establishing and evaluating such Networks. It will look into the next steps of the deployment process, in preparation for the forthcoming call for European Reference Networks in 2015.
Establishing European Reference Networks, in accordance with Directive 2011/24/EU on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare, of highly specialised healthcare providers represents a clear added value for the EU and will help to provide affordable, high-quality and cost-effective healthcare to patients with conditions requiring a particular concentration of resources or expertise. It intends to improve these patients’ access to the best possible expertise and care available in the EU for their condition.
There will be more information soon on EU website.