“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.

New CPME position on Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation on cross-border threats to health, available here. New CPME position on Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 establishing a European Centre for disease prevention and control, available here. New CPME position on Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation on a reinforced role for […]

On 20 March, CPME adopted a policy on the EHDS with a focus on health research and policy making. CPME welcomes the EHDS as it can contribute to improve disease prevention, patient-oriented health care and better treatment options. CPME stresses that the EHDS should have a clear legal framework, based on the GDPR and transparent […]

On 20 March 2021, the CPME board adopted the new CPME policy on Telemedicine, accessible here. With this paper, CPME intends to highlight that telemedicine has the potential to be used in a number of clinical scenarios, discussing dome of the advantages of its use as well as potential risks. CPME furthermore underlines that telemedicine […]

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 March 2021, the CPME Board adopted the ’CPME Position on the Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 establishing a European Centre for disease prevention and control’ (CPME 2021/025 FINAL).

This edition of the CPME newsletter opens with a special article dedicated to the commemoration of fallen healthcare professionals who lost their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Solidarity and cooperation are at the heart of overcoming the pandemic, and the newsletter will provide some perspectives on the new European Health Union and deepened cooperation in healthcare.  Furthermore, an event recap describes the proceedings of the joint conference on digital […]

On 1 March, CPME endorsed the European Stakeholder Group Joint Statement on “Maintaining the exchange of critical health data – An adequacy decision on the UK data protection regime”. The Statement welcomes the draft adequacy decision on the UK data protection regime issued by the European Commission on 19 February 2021. Protecting the benefits of […]

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.

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 […]