On 9 November 2021, 20 European organisations, including CPME, launched a call to action to protect children from the marketing of nutritionally poor food. It calls on the European Union to assume responsibility and tackle the exposure of young people to the promotion of nutritionally poor food because there is clear evidence that unhealthy food […]

On 20 October 2021, CPME together with other 13 civil organisations co-authored a compendium of scenarios to contribute to the current debate at European level on the “e-Evidence” Regulation. We urge the European Parliament and the Council to uphold a high level of legal safeguards to protect fundamental rights during their negotiations. This compendium showcases […]

On 18 October, the Coalition for Vaccination launched a statement and a campaign on influenza vaccination. It recommends all healthcare professionals and people belonging to at-risk groups to protect themselves by getting an influenza vaccine also this year. The Coalition brings together European associations of healthcare professionals and relevant student associations in the field. It […]

CPME event report on “Is the Future Bright for Telemedicine – European Doctor’s Talk Digital” The link to the full video recording of the panel discussion is available here

On 17 June 2021, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ’CPME response to the public consultation on the taxation of tobacco products and new products’. Please find here.

On 7 June, the CPME contributed with feedback to the Commission’s roadmap on a Declaration of Digital Principles. European Doctors advise caution on the intensive use of digital technologies in children and young people, calling for a broader and proactive principle that encompasses ‘prevention’ against the negative effects of the online space, reading as “Protecting […]

On 20 May 2021, the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) published a statement on the European Commission’s proposal to create a Digital Green Certificate to prove that a person has been vaccinated against COVID-19, received a negative test result, or recovered from COVID-19.

On 15 April, CPME replied to the Commission’s public consultation on shaping the European public sector interoperability policy. Since the questions of the public consultation did not allow contextualising interoperability in the healthcare sector, CPME opted for commenting via an annexed statement . Please see CPME response to the public consultation shaping EU interoperability policy. […]

On 8 April, the CPME Executive Committee adopted a statement addressing certain particularities of interoperability in the healthcare sector, offering few recommendations. European doctors stress that an interoperability policy in the healthcare sector needs to be driven by specific fundamental principles, such as security by design, privacy by design, medical confidentiality and ethical principles. Moreover, […]

Joint conference of the Standing Committee of European Doctors and the German Medical Association (BÄK) – 20 November 2020. The event was part of the associated programme of Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the EU. Summary video here. The conference opened with a statement by Jens Spahn, Germany’s Federal Minister of Health, on digital […]