Dear member:

The Malta Country Report 2022 issued by the European Commission is available here: 2022-european-semester-country-report-malta_en

The report makes an interesting read – health is in Annex 14.

Of note are:

– the stable 1.3% of GDP spent on preventive health;

– unmet health needs are low despite increasing economic disparities ;

– out-of-pocket expenditure remains among the highest in the EU;

– the strategic importance of affordable medicines;

– the projected increase of 2.6% in GDP spent on public health expenditure till 2070 with a focus on a Tissue and Cell bank, new technology and digitalisation; and

– Healthcare remains at the fulcrum of Malta’s high risk of financial unsustainability long-term.

Regards,

Dr Jason Bonnici MD FMCFD Dipl. Fam. Pract. (MCFD)
Honorary Secretary
Malta College of Family Doctors
E: secretary@mcfd.org.mt
A: The Professional Centre, Triq tas-Sliema, Gżira. GŻR 1633
W: mcfd.org.mt