[PIO] Announcement of the Health Insurance Organisation for the nationwide protest of physiotherapists on 15 June

On the occasion of the announced nationwide protest of physiotherapists, the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) wishes to clarify the following:

1. During the last 4 years of operation of the GHS, the Agency has given tangible evidence of its willingness to cooperate with all providers, as well as of its productive way of consulting with the Associations of Health Professionals.

1. The Pancyprian Association of Physiotherapists has chosen the path of confrontation, putting forward the need to increase the budget of the General Health Insurance Fund, but without committing itself to cooperation and to the simultaneous adoption of specific measures that will ensure access to physiotherapy services for beneficiaries whose health condition is covered by the General Health Insurance Fund.

1. The Agency, having studied the data available to it, has found that the increase in the need for physiotherapy services in recent months results from health conditions which require further monitoring and implementation of measures.

1. The Agency, recognizing the increased needs of patients with chronic neurological problems, as well as beneficiaries undergoing musculoskeletal surgery, has already made a budget adjustment to meet the needs of these cases. At the same time, it has undertaken to make further adjustments to the budget for physiotherapy services in the event that the needs of the patients in question exceed those anticipated.

In view of the above, once again the Organization calls on the Pancyprian Association of Physiotherapists to withdraw the announced protest.

The Organization reiterates its willingness to consult with the Pancyprian Association of Physiotherapists and invites its representatives to engage in dialogue as the only way to halt the challenges presented in relation to the physiotherapy services provided under the GESY.

Finally, it is stressed that the Agency's sole concern is to provide quality health services but at the same time to rationally manage and defend the sustainability of the GHS.

(MB/SX)
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