Lithuania

Rural Lithuanian hospitals offer thousands in benefits to attract doctors

November 7, 2025

By Laima Karaliūtė, LRT.lt. With young specialists moving from small towns to big population centres, medical institutions are being left understaffed. In response, municipalities have begun engaging in fierce competitions, [..]

Latvia

Healthcare is the priority for 35% of survey respondents in next year’s budget

September 22, 2025

More than a third of respondents to the Health Economy Barometer 2025 survey said they would like healthcare to be a priority in next year’s budget, Renate Grudule, a representative [..]

Estonia

Internal audit identifies systemic problems at Tallinn’s city-run dental clinic

April 5, 2024

During an inspection of the operations of SA Tallinna Hambakliinik, a city-owned foundation running a dental clinic of the same name, the city’s internal audit service discovered that long-term management [..]

Latvia

Latvia interested in attracting medical tourists from Monaco – health minister

February 22, 2024

Latvia is interested in developing health tourism by offering people from Monaco services at Latvian medical institutions, as there is still a great potential for development in this area, Health [..]

Estonia

Estonians can now purchase prescription medications in Greece

February 16, 2024

Starting this week, citizens of Estonia and Greece have the ability to use cross-border e-prescription and patient summary services, marking a significant step in the digitalization of healthcare services and [..]

Latvia

Inflation and healthcare main problems in Latvia – Eurobarometer

January 22, 2024

Almost half or 49 percent of Latvian residents consider price growth, inflation and the cost of living to be the most important problems in the country, according to a Eurobarometer [..]