HSCNews International 2008

Health and Social Campaigners' News International is a unique, monthly service designed to give the 4,000 members of the Health and Social Campaigners' Network practical information about the policies and activities of patient and disability groups worldwide.

HSCNews International is available on subscription to members of the public who may not qualify for membership of the HSCNetwork International but who are interested in reading about health and social campaigners. Individual issues of HSCNews can also be purchased. For details, Click here

Issues of HSCNews International contain:

· Independent and balanced analysis of health advocacy worldwide ( HSCNews concentrates on what advocates and their groups are thinking, what they are doing, and what they plan to do).
· A focus on topics at the top of the agenda of patient, disability and carers' groups.
· Interviews on policy and strategy matters with leading campaigners.
· Summary results of in-house surveys. (These simple surveys are conducted among the databank established during the setting up of the HSCNetwork, which includes 70,000 health advocacy representatives and patients from around the globe. The surveys enable health and disability campaigners to express their views on subjects of importance to them, and results are published in HSCNews International.)

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Issue 43, HSCNews International (June 2008)
Patients' rights: getting the perfect balance
What this issue contains:

This 43rd issue of HSCNews International looks at the increasing groundswell of opinion in favour of the patients' rights movement. The issue examines why the increasing mobility of patients across national borders has brought the topic of patients' rights to the attention of various EU agencies. We analyse the impact of data on the health inequities that exist across Europe, noting how these data are provoking patient-led campaigns for more uniform standards and for excellence of healthcare pan-EU (including a campaign for an officially-blessed European Patients' Rights Day). We describe international initiatives that attempt, but largely fail, to tackle the issue of patients' rights. And we observe the major role played by the Rome-based Active Citizenship Network (ACN) in galvanising a civic movement to fight for the institutionalisation of patients' rights at EU and national level. Finally, the issue turns to how other healthcare stakeholders view the subject of patients' rights, and considers their alliances with ACN.

cover of HSCNews International,
issue 43, June 2008
Patients' rights: getting the perfect balance


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Issue 42, HSCNews International (April 2008)
Patient advocacy in Germany
What this issue contains:

In this 42nd issue of HSCNews International , we examine the forces that led to the 2007 expansion of a German patient movement that seems set to continue its growth in 2008. We consider the form and scope of that expansion. We look at the one campaign area in which patient groups across Germany are unilaterally lobbying for change: the country's crisis-stricken healthcare system. Finally, we interview leading executives in six patient groups that represent the interests of patients at a national, regional or local level. The groups are: Arthrose Selbsthilfegruppe (national); Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Versicherte und Patienten eV (national); Kartagener Syndrom und Primaere Ciliaere Dyskinesie eV (national); Polio Allianz eV (national); Hepatitis Selbsthilfegruppe Hüeckelhoven (regional); and Prostatakrebs Selbsthilfegruppe Giessen (local).

cover of HSCNews International,
issue 42, April 2008
Patient advocacy in Germany

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Issue 41, HSCNews International (February 2008)
Winds of change? The patient as activist
What this issue contains:

With patients now increasingly involved in healthcare policy (and even medical research), this issue looks at the evidence that patients are more assertive, and considers the impact they are having on all levels of the healthcare system. We note the forces prompting patients to activism, and touch on the civic movement, human rights, personal advocacy, and volunteering. Finally, we ponder the future of patient activism. The issue makes use of numerous case studies drawn from the last few years of analysis by HSCNews.

cover of HSCNews International,
issue 41, February 2008
Winds of change?
the patient as activist

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