Health care in Cyprus

[4] The new system aims to provide affordable and effective medical care to all people residing permanently in Cyprus.

[5] As of June 2022, 917,000 Cypriots have registered[6] with a general practitioner through the GESY system, which is roughly the current population of the Republic of Cyprus.

[7] A Cyprus national health system was predicted to increase coordination, reduce waste, and be more fiscally responsible.

[11] Establishment of an operational NHS was a promise Cyprus made as part of the bailout programme with the Troika of international lenders.

[9] The three government bills and regulations introducing the General Healthcare System, GeSY, were agreed by parliament on 16 June 2017.

[15] Sir David Nicholson was appointed chairman of the newly established State Health Services Organisation (Greek: ΟΚΥπΥ (OKYpY)) in 2018.