‘’We welcome the EHDS as we believe it can contribute to the improvement of disease prevention, patient-oriented healthcare and better treatment options. The EHDS must be used for the ‘public good’, therefore we urge European policymakers to set a clear and transparent legal framework, providing criteria about legitimates purposes and legitimate users and contributors. A […]

”With the Pharmaceutical Strategy, the European Commission sets the right course of action towards ensuring patients’ access to affordable medicines. When implementing it, European doctors can bring valuable knowledge and experience to the discussion on how to reform the EU pharmaceutical sector to better serve patients and populations” says CPME Vice President Dr Christiaan Keijzer. […]

 “During the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine was key in continuing patient care, for example by home-monitoring, teletriage and remote consultations. However, while we encourage the use of telemedicine as an additional tool to the medical profession, we consider face-to-face consultations as the gold standard ‘’says CPME Vice-President, Dr Raymond Walley. Full press release available here.

On 20 March 2021, European doctors from 38 National Medical Associations met online for the biannual General Assembly and Board meetings of the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME).“I would like to thank all CPME members for their fruitful exchanges on recent health policy developments. The new policies tackle key questions: how to better manage […]

On 20 February 2021, the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) will be participating in a memorial ceremony organised by the Federazione Nazionale degli Ordini dei Medici Chirurghi e degli Odontoiatri (FNOMCeO) to commemorate health professionals who have lost their lives due to COVID-19. Full press release available here.

On 9 February 2021, the Coalition for Vaccination published a manifesto to encourage healthcare professionals to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The manifesto highlights three key reasons why all healthcare professionals should get vaccinated against COVID-19 when they have the opportunity to do so and why they should help promote the vaccination against COVID-19 among the […]

During its Annual General Assembly on 21 November, the Board of the CPME endorsed the World Medical Association’s position on the Turkish Government’s threat to dismantle the Turkish Medical Association. To read the CPME’s press release, click here.

European doctors from 30 National Medical Associations met online for the biannual General Assembly and Board meetings of the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) on 21 November. Read the full press release here

On 21 November 2020, CPME published the ‘CPME report on COVID-19 in Europe’. Click here to access the full report.

CPME, the Standing Committee of European Doctors, and the German Medical Association will be co-hosting a conference entitled ‘Doctors going digital: How to future-proof skills’ on 20 November from 9am until 12 noon. Please find the Press Release here. Interested journalists can follow the discussions on Twitter via this hashtag (#CPMEdigitalskills) or by going to the following website […]