Source: European Parliament
The health mission of Italy’s Recovery and Resilience Plan includes EUR 524 million aimed at strengthening biomedical research within the National Health Service[1], including funding research on rare cancers.
The EU4Health Programme[2] supports Member States with the implementation of the EU Cancer Plan, including through direct grants to Member States for specific actions.
The structure of the projects, allocation of tasks, and funding is under the remit of the participating Member State authorities. Consequently, the Commission is not in a position to assess how EU funding is aligned with existing national funding programmes.
The European Cancer Inequalities Registry[3] highlights inequalities in cancer prevention and care across EU countries. It helps Member States identify areas for action at national and regional level. Member State representatives, including from Italy, are regularly consulted on the initiative.
As part of the European Semester[4] the Commission evaluates the Italian health system performance and engages with Italian authorities on priority areas for improvement.
Some of the investments in Italy’s Recovery and Resilience Plan aim to reduce territorial disparities by creating a new model for the Territorial healthcare assistance network, including the setup of Community Health Houses, Community Hospitals and Territorial Coordination Centres.
The national programme ‘Health Equity’ (EUR 375 million in EU funding) aims to strengthen healthcare services in less developed regions and make the access to health services more equitable.
It focuses on ensuring access to oncological screening programmes by identifying populations in socioeconomic vulnerability, living in remote or disadvantaged areas.
- [1] Investment M6C2 number 2.1 ‘Strengthening and enhancement of the NHS biomedical research’.
- [2] EU4Health — European Commission https://commission.europa.eu/funding-tenders/find-funding/eu-funding-programmes/eu4health_en
- [3] European Cancer Inequalities Registry (ECIR) https://cancer-inequalities.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
- [4] European Semester documents for Italy https://commission.europa.eu/business-economy-euro/european-semester/european-semester-your-country/european-semester-documents-italy_en