Assuming 3 is required, the following 596 results were found.
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The intervention clothing used by emergency services workers in emergency and intermediary transport was determined by the Royal Decree of 26 January 2018 establishing the characteristics for the intervention clothing used by emergency services workers...
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- Author: author-health
- Language: en-GB
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Emergency centrehttps://www.healthybelgium.be/en/emergency-centre
There are 10 emergency centres in Belgium: one in each provincial capital, with the exception of Walloon Brabant, and one in the Brussels-Capital Region. The calls from Walloon Brabant are handled by the Hainaut emergency centre. Via the emergency...
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- Author: author-health
- Language: en-GB
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In Belgium, 106 organisations concluded an ‘Ambulance service for emergency medical services’ agreement with the FPS HFCSE on 18/05/2021[1]. In this agreement, services commit to being available at agreed times. Only services that have concluded an...
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- Author: author-health
- Language: en-GB
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The five disciplineshttps://www.healthybelgium.be/en/the-five-disciplines
A disaster or emergency situation is tackled by various intervention services, whereby each discipline has a mono-disciplinary intervention plan that describes its own operation. Where multiple disciplines are deployed simultaneously, joint...
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- Author: author-health
- Language: en-GB
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Interventions with an ambulancehttps://www.healthybelgium.be/en/interventions-with-an-ambulance
In 2020, 603,433 primary interventions and 7,519 inter-hospital transport interventions were recorded using a recognised ambulance[1]. Looking at the number of interventions per region, we see that there were 233,309 interventions in the Flemish...
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- Author: author-health
- Language: en-GB
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Interventions involving a MUG/SMURhttps://www.healthybelgium.be/en/interventions-involving-an-meg
If the patient’s condition requires it, a MUG/SMUR is sent to the scene of the intervention or a MUG/SMUR is used for transport between hospitals. In 2019, there were 135,880 primary interventions and 4,122 inter-hospital transport interventions[1]....
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- Author: author-health
- Language: en-GB
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Fundinghttps://www.healthybelgium.be/en/funding
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- Author: author-health
- Language: en-GB
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In a situation where there is a need for emergency medical services, various resources can be dispatched to the location of the emergency, i.e. an ambulance, a Paramedical Intervention Team (PIT) or a Mobile Emergency Group (MUG/SMUR). On the basis of...
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- Author: author-health
- Language: en-GB
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Prefacehttps://www.healthybelgium.be/en/preface
Dear reader, In this third edition of Key Data, we invite you into the world of emergency, medical and psychosocial aid. As usual, we present this sector’s activities through some key figures. Every year 1.7 million people in Belgium dial 112 to ask...
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- Author: author-health
- Language: en-GB
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The number 1733https://www.healthybelgium.be/en/the-number-1733
As of 01/06/2021, 503 municipalities will already have the possibility to reach an on-call GP by calling 1733[1]. 1733 is a central number intended for non-urgent medical services on weekends or holidays. This number is linked to the local on-call...
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- Author: author-health
- Language: en-GB
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The Provincial Commission for Emergency Medical Assistance (PCDGH/COAMU) promotes collaboration between the services and people working in emergency medical assistance. It also oversees training for paramedics, among other things. The provincial...
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- Author: author-health
- Language: en-GB
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Federal health inspectorhttps://www.healthybelgium.be/en/federal-health-inspector
The federal health inspector acts as the local representative of the FPS HFCSE for emergency medical assistance. He/she is in direct contact with the governor, the mayor, the health professionals and the citizens. The federal inspector is assisted by...
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- Author: author-health
- Language: en-GB
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The infant mortality page has been updated with 2018 data. Data on deaths in children below 1-year-old until 2018 is now included on the infant mortality page.
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- Author: admin-sciensano
- Category: News
- Language: en-GB
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In June 2021, an intermediate report assessing the sustainability of the Belgian healthcare system by means of projections was published. The full report is available on the KCE website: Performance of the Belgian healthcare system - Projections. Three...
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- Author: admin-kce
- Category: News
- Language: en-GB
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New COVID-19 pages!https://www.healthybelgium.be/en/health-status/news/new-covid-19-pages
Publication of a COVID-19 chapter. Sciensano, the Belgian Institute of Health, is in charge of the epidemiological monitoring of the COVID-19 epidemic. The general COVID-19 portal page of Sciensano is here. This portal leads to many different types of...
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- Author: admin-sciensano
- Category: News
- Language: en-GB
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Mental and Social Healthhttps://www.healthybelgium.be/en/health-status/mental-and-social-health
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- Author: admin-sciensano
- Category: Health Status
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Hospitalshttps://www.healthybelgium.be/en/hospitals
Belgium has 51 psychiatric hospitals (PH) and 67 psychiatric departments within general hospitals (PDGH) for adults with psychiatric problems[1]. One third of the PDGH have a limited offering of psychiatric care for adults, and have only between 1 and...
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- Author: author-health
- Language: en-GB
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On 30 March 2015, the Interministerial Conference on Public Health (IMC) approved the “Guide to a new mental healthcare policy for children and young people (GMCY)”. Almost immediately, 11 GMCY networks were set up, focusing on children and young...
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- Author: author-health
- Language: en-GB
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Duration of stayhttps://www.healthybelgium.be/en/duration-of-stay
Three quarters of stays in psychiatric services for adults in PH last less than 3 months. Around 14.4% of the stays in the PH last less than one week. In the psychiatric services for adults in PDGH, almost 80% of stays last less than one month. One...
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- Author: author-health
- Language: en-GB
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BelPEP is a multidisciplinary platform consisting of 3 expert working groups which aims to promote the rational use of psychotropics in Belgium. A comprehensive vision paper provided an overview of the history, status, context, various problems and...
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- Author: author-health
- Language: en-GB