ABSTRACT
The second case study, the European Union Health Policy Forum (EUHPF), was established in conjunction with the European Community Health Strategy of May 2000 as an information and consultation mechanism to clarify the Strategy’s aims, their means of attainment and the way in which the EU responds to the public’s health needs. Using the same gauge as in the previous chapter to assess legitimacy on the
input side and effectiveness on the output side, again the primary aim here is to ascertain the EUHPF’s capability in terms of simultaneously securing both elements. It begins by examining the Forum’s balanced composition and deliberative capacity with regard to inputs before scrutinising its effectiveness. In the same way that the CF and EUEB struggled, it is posited that several of the EUHPF’s composition, functioning and design features jeopardise its capacity to deliver on the input and output sides.
