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 […]

European doctors call for a pharmaceutical strategy that provides citizens with medicines they need at a price they are able to pay. Over time, the trust in the pharmaceutical sector and its ability to promote the development of medical innovations while ensuring sustainable access has been eroded. The confidence in how that system works must […]

What should the priorities of the EU be for the years to come? How do we recover from the crisis and prepare for future challenges? “The last months have taught us how fragile health is.Today more than ever, policy makers, at any level of the European Union, must consider health as a priority when setting […]

On 10 September, the CPME Executive Committee adopted a response to the Health First Europe and European Health Management Survey on ‘Profiling and training the healthcare workers of the future’. The survey to collect views on healthcare professionals’ core competences and policy actions to foster education and training across Europe. CPME noted that the digital […]

On 7 September, CPME issued a statement on online advertising of unhealthy products for the Digital Services Act public consultation. CPME stresses the importance for policy-makers to prioritise the well-being of citizens living in Europe, in particular children and young people, over the financial interests of the marketing industry and take effective regulatory action to […]