KEYNOTE LECTURE

HPCB – Healthcare Professionals crossing Borders

A European Partnership of healthcare regulators

Developing regulatory cooperation
- Claire Herbert, General Medical Council UK, Project Lead, Healthcare Professionals Crossing Borders

The Health Services Directive

Hospitals and Crossborder Cooperation

What works best: Cross border Networks, Government agreements,EU Directives, Professional collaboration ?
- Prof Brian Edwards, President of HOPE (European Hospital and Healthcare Federation)

Migration of health workers in Europe

Health Professional Mobility in Europe- Problem or Solution?
- Prof James Buchan, Professor at the School of Health Sciences, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Scotland -

Germany: an importer and exporter of physicians: a contradiction?
- Armin Ehl, Director of the Marburger Bund (Doctors’ Trade Union), Germany

Consequences in Central and East European Countries

Migration of Polish healthcare professionals after the accession to the European Union
- Marek Szewczyński, Head of Centre of Recognition of Qualifications at the Polish Chamber of Physicians and Dentists
The situation in the Czech Republic
- Dr Tomáš Šindler, Member of the Board of the Czech Medical Chamber

Medical Education across Borders

The Croatian Experience
- Prof Nada Cikes ,Dean, Medical School Zagreb, University of Zagreb

General Discussion and Conclusion

PART II : Presentation of a Global Research Study

Financing Quality and Demand: Emerging Reimbursement Models

The Global Reimbursement Report in the Healthcare sector
- Wim Oosterom, EMEA Healthcare leader-PricewaterhouseCoopers

Q & A

Reception given by the Mayor of Zagreb