EHFCN Awareness Campaign 2010
Last week EHFCN launched the 2010 Awareness Campaign with the aim of raising awareness to the losses and consequences of fraud and corruption within the healthcare sector. Highlighting that more than 56 billion Euros is lost each year to fraud and corruption across European Union countries the campaign's key message “Stamp out fraud for everyone's benefit” aims to invite everyone to collaborate on eliminating fraud and corruption and to encourage policy makers to take measures at national and European level to counter healthcare fraud and corruption in order to provide every citizen with the basic access to the healthcare they deserve.
The goal is to mobilise the honest majority of healthcare professionals, patients, providers and other people who work in healthcare to prevent the fraudulent or corrupt minority from diverting further funds. Unfortunately, that minority exists in all European countries, and every cent lost drains the lifeblood from our healthcare systems and undermines their capacity to provide essential treatment.
We are therefore encouraging our all members and stakeholders to join the campaign Various promotional materials are available to download from the EHFCN website, including posters for display in healthcare facilities such as hospitals, surgeries, health funds and insurances reception desks, etc. and web banners to support the campaign online.
We encourage you to register your support for the campaign online by visiting http://www.ehfcn.org/events/awareness-campaign-2009/campaign-support/
Campaign materials including high resolution posters and online banners are available on the website http://www.ehfcn.org/events/awareness-campaign-2009/campaign-material/
