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 […]

On 20 October 2020, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ’CPME response to the public consultation on the integration and inclusion of migrants and people with a migrant background’ (CPME 2020/084 FINAL).

On 13 October, CPME together with a broad coalition of professional organisations, trades unions and patient groups launched a campaign to stop cancer at work. The campaign aims to ensure that the current fourth revision of the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive (CMD) includes groups of carcinogenic and mutagenic hazardous drugs, which cause cancer. Please find […]

On 12 October, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) launched their two-year-long Healthy Workplaces campaign ‘’Lighten the Load’’ focusing on the prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). CPME has been a member of the EU-OSHA’s Healthy Workplaces partnership already since 2011 and will be partnering also in the new campaign. The […]

On 2 October 2020, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the CPME Response to the Public Consultation on the Revision of the NIS Directive’ (CPME 2020/076 FINAL). Please see the response here.

On 5 October, the Coalition for Vaccination kicks off their online advocacy campaign to promote the uptake of flu vaccine among doctors, other healthcare professionals and their patients. The campaign is launched simultaneously with the WHO Flu Awareness Week. We invite all healthcare professionals to participate and encourage to get vaccinated. The communication toolkit including […]

European doctors along with other organisations call for transparency on public spending and the governance of the APAs. At this crucial stage in the development of one of the main elements of the EU’s response to COVID-19, trust and accountability need to be upheld in order to safeguard and promote public health, the quality of […]