The Health-EU Portal Celebrates its 2nd Anniversary
"The Health-EU portal is a gateway to health information in 20 languages. I hope it will soon become one of the first places where European citizens seek health information on the web. The information has to be clear, concise and relevant to their needs - providing the users with the tools and information they need to make informed healthy choices" says Robert Madelin, Director General for the Health and Consumers Directorate General of the European Commission. 
Health Secretary Alan Johnson today launched an intense six month debate about the future shape of care and support services. A rapidly ageing population means that in 20 years' time a quarter of the entire adult population will be over 65 and the number of people over 85 will have doubled. 
The findings of a report recently published by the European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL) is presented at the eHealth High Level Conference in Portoroz, Slovenia 6-7 May 2008. "Sustainable Telemedicine: paradigms for future-proof healthcare" presents the current achievements and best practice examples drawn from a number of either on-going or completed pilot projects across Europe.