As the COVID-19 outbreak has become a huge priority on the EU agenda, this CPME Newsletter edition will explore different aspects of the pandemic.  Special emphasis is placed on: national experiences, medicine shortages,  healthcare professionals’ mental health, digital contact tracing applications and the healthcare professionals` vaccination campaign. Moreover, the National Medical Associations of  Iceland, Poland, […]

On 20 May 2020, The Lancet published an article written by Physicians for Human Rights, the International Council of Nurses and the World Medical Association denouncing all attacks against healthcare professionals across the world. Article available here: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31191-0/fulltext

A plea to all governments to continue providing the World Health Organisation with sufficient funds has come from physician leaders from across the world. In a rare joint statement on the eve of next week’s World Health Assembly in Geneva, global physician organisations from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe have issued a strong warning […]

On 3 April 2020 CPME adopted its policy on medicine shortages. Please find the policy here.

CPME recommends to monitor the latest information on COVID-19 through the official websites of: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) WHO Europe European Commission

On 28 February 2020, the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME), together with the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), the European Federation of Allergy & Airways Diseases Patients´ Association (EFA), the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) sent a joint letter to the members of the Environment Council of the […]

This edition opens with a spotlight on the air quality debate and the consequences of the Green Deal on health. You will read about the CPME’s policy on air quality and health stating that policymakers should make air quality a priority at all levels. Also other stakeholders, such as the European Medical Students’ Association, the […]

The Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) is recruiting a:  EU Policy Intern (from 2 March 2020 – 31 July 2020) Your responsibilities will include: Research and analysis on a range of policy dossiers Monitoring international, EU and national policies Organising and participating in meetings and events Assisting with drafting reports, presentations and other internal […]

“We call on policymakers to include CPME in the relevant advisory bodies at EU level and national medical associations at national level” says Prof. Dr Frank Ulrich Montgomery, President of the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME). “To implement AI with proven benefits for health care can only work if the doctors’ perspective is integrated […]

This special edition opens with a spotlight on the 60-year jubilee of the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME). Our organisation was founded in Amsterdam on 23 October 1959 and was joined from its earliest meetings by the National Medical Associations of those countries with applications to join the European Economic Community. Today CPME represents […]