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HPCB meeting
The future of Professional Qualifications: Balancing Mobility and Patient Safety
29 November 2010, Budapest
The 2010 meeting of HPCB took place on 29 November in Budapest, Hungary. The event was hosted by the Hungarian Office of Health Authorisation and Administrative Procedures and attended by more than 70 delegates from 17 European countries.
The meeting focused on the revision of Directive 2005/36/EC on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications. Speakers included: Emma McClarkin MEP; representatives from the Hungarian EU Presidency; the European Commission; the informal networks of competent authorities for nurses, midwives, dentists, pharmacists and doctors; the CHRE International Observatory; and the FP7 EU Cross Border Care Collaboration project.
The agenda for the meeting is available here.
Presentations
The PowerPoint presentations delivered at the meeting are available to download by clicking on the relevant link below.
Dr András Zsigmond – The migration of Hungarian healthcare professionals
Session 1: Review of Directive 2005/36/EC and the Informal Networks of Competent Authorities for the healthcare professions
Dr András Zsigmond – The review and the perspective of midwifery regulators
Patrick Kavanagh – The review and the perspective of dental regulators
Patrick Fortuit – The review and the perspective of pharmacist regulators
Alexander Jäkel – The review and the perspective of medical regulators
Session 3 – Supporting regulators through the Internal Market Information System
Jürgen Tiedje – The IMI Alert Mechanism
Session 4 – Building an evidence base
Speakers panel, from left to right: Archy Kirkwood, Dr András Zsigmond, Kathy George, Patrick Kavanagh, Dr Rita Paphalmi, Patrick Fortuit, Alexander Jäkel
