Greece’s Court of Audit reviewed the operation and stock management of pharmacies run by the national health care provider for 2024 and the first four months of 2025. EOPYY says reforms are underway to strengthen oversight and improve traceability

Authorities found an unauthorized oncology department and chemotherapy operations at a private clinic in Thessaloniki, while patients’ relatives have reported understaffing, poor conditions, spoiled food and other serious problems.

Authorities are sealing a private clinic in Thessaloniki after inspectors found it operated an unauthorized oncology unit. Officials are also investigating alleged fake prescriptions and whether powerful drugs were given to patients without cancer

Indications point to inaccurate information submitted the national healthcare provider and serious staffing shortages

Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis denied any "ideological issue" behind gender options on EOPYY's platform, saying the choice came from the contractor's ISO template and has already been corrected

Police say a ring exploited patients who had not activated electronic prescriptions, writing thousands of fake ones over six years and forging signatures to claim reimbursements from Greece's national health insurer

Greece’s national health insurer will reimburse 100% of eligible medical expenses not covered through standard electronic prescriptions, following an individual application process

A new platform allows patients with serious illnesses, including cancer and multiple sclerosis, to collect high-cost medicines from neighborhood pharmacies, reducing long waits and ensuring pharmacist guidance

Greek pharmacists express anger after the national health agency EOPYY announced it will no longer reimburse the four-strain flu vaccine, leaving patients to pay out of pocket while pharmacies are left with prepaid, now non-refundable stock

“All hospitals will be on the MyHealth App from October 1,” announced Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis.

Greece is the first country in the EU to pilot such a service, which will benefit around 139,000 citizens.

During several raids of pharmacies, homes, doctors’ office and warehouses, in fact, more than 17,000 drug packages were recovered

Home delivery includes two main categories, delivery of a limited number of high-cost medications to specific patient categories or to remote areas, and delivery of oral antiviral medications.