The federal government is “dedicated” to strengthening Cyprus’ public well being system, Well being Minister Michael Damianos mentioned on Monday.
Damianos was talking at a proper signing ceremony of a brand new memorandum of understanding between the well being ministry, the state well being companies organisation (Okypy), and the finance ministry which, he mentioned, charts the monitoring of the federal government’s motion plan to “guarantee Okypy’s monetary and administrative autonomy”.
The memorandum of understanding had been initially agreed in November, with Damianos explaining on the time that it has “5 thematic axes”, all of that are deliberate to be applied between now and the tip of 2026.
Okypy, he mentioned, shall be legally obliged to implement the plan’s stipulations, which embody a rise in income, a discount of prices, the reimbursement of companies offered by the well being insurers’ organisation (HIO), capital investments, and structural modifications.
Okypy spokesman Charalambos Charilaou instructed the Cyprus Mail that whereas detailed plans have been devised to attain these goals, they can’t be disclosed.
Damianos mentioned his ministry and Okypy have arrange working teams to watch the deal’s implementation.In return, Okypy’s funds deficit shall be coated by the federal government till Might 31, although Damianos mentioned the plan will proceed to be applied till the tip of 2026 no matter any state of affairs concerning the funds deficit.
Elaborating additional on Monday, Damianos mentioned all events have now “agreed on the working teams, which is able to oversee how the memorandum and the motion plan are going in order that we handle to achieve the agreed timelines”.
“The motion plan is there to maneuver in the direction of autonomy for Okypy, which is why we’ve talked about that the aces of motion must do with rising revenues, lowering bills, and so forth, in order to assist the organisation get the place it must be. That’s the reason the memorandum was made, anyway,” he mentioned.
