European doctors contributed to the forthcoming European Commission’s Pharmaceutical Strategy by providing their comments on the recently published roadmap. We emphasise the importance of regaining the trust in the pharma sector and rebuilding the confidence in the patient-centred system that serves public interests. CPME agrees with the roadmap that the strategy must be patient-centred. It […]

A number of European organisations representing not-for-profit healthcare insurers, healthcare professionals, public interest organisations and trade unions have developed and endorsed recommendations to bring fairer medicines prices in Europe. As the European Commission is consulting on its forthcoming European Pharmaceutical Strategy and that the current crisis strained severely health systems and public budgets, signatories of […]

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 May 26, 2020, CPME together with more than 380 organisations representing over 40 million health professionals and over 4,500 individual health professionals from 90 different countries, wrote to the G20 leaders calling for a #HealthyRecovery. https://healthyrecovery.net/ In support of a #HealthyRecovery Dear President Alberto Fernández, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, President Jair Bolsonaro, Prime Minister Justin […]

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

Following the alarming reports of cases of violence, discrimination and exclusion that physicians and other healthcare professionals across Europe have been facing because of the fear they will spread the Coronavirus, European Medical Organisations reaffirm that they stand in complete solidarity with their colleagues who are in the front line of the fight against the […]

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 7 May 2020, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the CPME response to Public Consultation on the European Data Strategy’ (CPME 2020/043 FINAL) . CPME welcomes the Eu ambition of becoming a leading role model for a society empowered by data to make better decisions in business and the public sector. However, certain conditions need […]

On 7 May 2020, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ‘CPME response to EUHEalthSupport Consortium on health data processing’ (CPME 2020/048 FINAL) CPME welcomes the work being developed by the EUHealthSupport Consortium to conduct a study which examines EU Member States’ rules governing the processing of health data, with the objective of highlighting possible differences […]

Medicine shortages can severely limit doctors’ ability to provide appropriate treatment. Today the situation is aggravated by the surge in demand due to the treatment of COVID-19 patients and additional interruptions in a globalised and fragile supply chain. We must undertake immediate actions to prevent European hospitals from running out of essential medicines and, once the […]