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.

On 21 November 2020, the CPME Board adopted ’Pandemic Preparedness – European Doctors’ Recommendations to the EU’ (CPME 2020/111 FINAL).

On 21 November 2020, the CPME Board adopted the ’CPME Policy on Digital Competencies for Doctors’ (CPME 2020/100 FINAL). Digital health technologies are changing the way health and care are delivered, reshaping medical practice and the patient-doctor relationship. Digital health literacy (DHL) of healthcare professionals is a crucial component of efficient and effective transformation of […]

On 21 November 2020, the CPME Board adopted the ’CPME Policy on Physical Activity’ (CPME 2020/008 FINAL). Please find it here.

On 21 November 2020, the CPME Board adopted the ’CPME Statement on criminalisation of acts of solidarity’ (CPME 2020/093 FINAL).

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 […]

On the occasion of European Antibiotic Awareness Day, we are pleased to share with you a CPME report on European doctors’ knowledge of and attitudes towards antibiotics and antibiotics resistance. The report was prepared by CPME with the help of the Danish Medical Association (Laegeforeningen). Its findings are based on a European Centre for Disease Prevention […]

As our countries are  facing the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic this CPME Newsletter edition will focus on different angles of the pandemic. Special emphasis is placed on national experiences, COVID-19 vaccines, availability of healthcare professionals and inequalities among patient groups aggravated by the pandemic. Moreover, we will comment on the ongoing negotiations about the EU’s […]