Forum 1: Promoting health – preventing disease:
Strengthening the role of health professionals in Europe
In medicine, health promotion and disease prevention are too often regarded separately from healthcare. But modern health systems needto take a comprehensive approach. Health Professionals have a key role to play in health promotion and diseases prevention interventions,as advocates for better health for all. As the EU health workforce is both ageing and increasingly mobile, the development of strategies onprevention and human resources need to extend beyond national borders and respond to patients' and citizens' needs and concerns. In thissession, approaches for helping to keep health systems of high quality and standards will be reflected upon. Current developments around aCommission consultation document on health professionals will also be part of the session.
Co-Chairs: M Wilks, President, Standing Committee of European Doctors and
A Rys, Director, European Commission, Health and Consumers DG
Rapporteur: A Macara, National Heart Forum, UK
SESSION I: Challenges to prevention– how to overcome them?
Wednesday 1 October, 15:00-18:00
Nutrition, tobacco and alcohol: What is done at national level? >>Download
R Brettenthaler, Vice-President, European Union of General Practitioners
Nutrition, tobacco and alcohol: What is done at EU level? >>Download
M Hübel, Head of Unit, European Commission
Health and social inequalities: the issue of gender >>Download
K Schenk-Gustafsson, Professor, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
The European Heart Health Charter: an example of EU addedvalue
Wijns, Chairman of the Committee for European Relations, European Society of CardiologyRound table: What can health professionals and citizens do? Brettenthaler, Vice-President, European Union of General PractitionersM O´Donovan, Treasurer, European Patients’ ForumK Wilhelmsson, Vice-President, Health Consumer Powerhouse
Organised by the European Commission, Health and Consumers Directorate-General, in collaboration with the StandingCommittee of European Doctors (CPME)
Simultaneous Interpretation in English and German
