AEMH Conference 2009
"Privatisation of Hospitals"
AEMH Conference 2009
“Privatisation of Hospitals”
Brussels, 7 May 2009
organized in connection with the 62nd AEMH Plenary Meeting
Venue: PROGRESS Hotel “, Rue du Progrès 9, 1210 Brussels/ Belgium
7 May 2009 14:00 – 18:00
WELCOME and OPENING – Setting the scene
Chair
Raymond Lies, MD, Directeur General of the Kirchberg Hospital, Luxembourg, President of the AEMH
General Trends and Tendencies
European Survey
o Analyse and perspectives
- Didier Réa, MD, head of the anaesthesiology-intensive care department of the CHR Orléans, former President of SNPHAR (Syndicat National des Praticiens Hospitaliers Anesthésistes-Réanimateurs)
European Experiences
o Sweden – the Swedish Experience
- Professor Johan Calltorp, MD, PhD, Professor of Health Policy and Management at The Nordic School of Public Health in Gothenborg/ Sweden
- Germany
“Privatisation in Germany – latest developments”
- Jens Wernick, BDPK (German Association of Private Hospitals), Deputy chairman of the Committee on European Affairs
o Portugal – the Portuguese Experience
- Paulo Fidalgo, MD, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, member of the executive committee of the Portuguese Medical Association (South)
o Belgium
“Privatisation in Belgium: present status and perspective”
- Jacques de Toeuf, MD, Director General of CHIREC (Confederation of 6 Medical Institutes), President of the Medical Union Brussels, former President of ABSyM (Belgian Association of Medical Unions)
o Poland –“ Privatisation without private ownership!”
- Presentation provided by Adam Kozierkiewicz, author of the report ”Lifebuoy for hospitals” for the EIB (European Investment Bank), who was prevented
PPP (Public-Private-Partnership)
o Privatisation in the Healthcare Industry
- Ian Wootton, PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) Healthcare Research Institute
o PPP in Practice – the Luxembourg experience
- Claude Braun, MD PhD, Centre Hospitalier du Kirchberg, Luxembourg.
Consequences of Privatisation for health professionals (threat or opportunity?)
o Health professionals employers’ perspective
o - Ulrike Neuhauser, Austrian Hospital and Health Services Platform, Member of HOSPEEM (European Hospitals and Healthcare Employers’ Association), U. Neuhauser’s explanatory comments
o Doctors’ Trade Unions’ perspective
- Claude Wetzel, MD, President of FEMS (European Federation of Salaried Doctors
General Discussion and Conclusion