The EC has announced a new Health for Growth Programme for 2014-2020, which will support and aid delivery of actions that encourage innovation in health. The proposed budget for the programme is €446 million. Its four key aims are to: develop innovative and sustainable health systems; increase access to better and safer healthcare; promote health and the prevention of disease; and protect citizens from cross-border health threats.
Areas in which further action is expected include co-operation on rare diseases at European level to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment for patients with rare diseases across the EU. Cancer prevention and control will also be a key element of the programme, with an emphasis on the introduction of EU-wide screening guidelines and the exchange of knowledge and best practice on cancer research, prevention and care. Also included will be co-operation on health technology assessment (HTA) through the establishment of an EU-wide voluntary network of Member States‟ HTA agencies. The programme will now be discussed by the European Parliament and Council of Ministers, with a view to adoption by the end of 2013 in time for a start date at the beginning of 2014.
Further details of the new programme are available from the Growth for Health 2014-2020 website: http://ec.europa.eu/health/programme/policy/proposal2014_en.htm
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