On 15 November 2014, the CPME Board adopted the ‘CPME policy on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP)’ (CPME 2014/076 FINAL).

On 15 November 2014, the CPME Board adopted the ‘CPME Commitments to the EU Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health 2014-2015’ (CPME 2014/077 FINAL).

On 15 November 2014, the CPME Board adopted the ‘CPME Commitments to the European Alcohol and Health Forum 2014-2015’ (CPME 2014/078 FINAL).

On 15 November 2014, the CPME Board adopted the ’CPME Statement on Ebola Virus Disease and Pandemic Preparedness’ (CPME 2014/079 FINAL).

On the occasion of the European Antibiotic Awareness Day, the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME), the Council of European Dentists (CED) and the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) issued a joint leaflet addressed to Doctors, dentists and Veterinarians on the responsible use of antimicrobials. On 17 November 2014, the President of the Standing […]

On 15 November 2014, the CPME Board adopted the ’CPME guidelines on the transparency of relationships between physicians and the healthcare industry’ The guidelines are available here.  

On 16 October 2014, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ’CPME response to the public consultation for the own-initiative inquiry of the European Ombudsman towards the European Commission concerning transparency and public participation in relation to the TTIP negotiations (OI/10/2014/RA)’ (CPME 2014/070 FINAL).

On 11 September 2014, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ’CPME response to the public consultation on the Europe 2020 strategy’ (CPME 2014/077 FINAL). The response is accessible here.

On 4 July 2014, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ’CPME response to the public consultation on investment protection and investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP)’ (CPME 2014/060 FINAL).

The European Commission just released a report with ‘Key Findings and Recommendations on Education and Training in Patient Safety across Europe’. The report is a common effort of the ‘Subgroup on Education and Training of the Patient Safety and Quality of Care Working Group of the European Commission’. CPME contributed to the report with a […]

On 5 June 2014, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ’CPME response to Consultation on introducing the European Professional Card (EPC) for nurses, doctors, pharmacists, physiotherapists, engineers, mountain guides & real estate agents’.

On 5 June 2014, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ’CPME response to the public consultation on the European Commission Green Paper on mHealth – COM(2014)219 final’ (CPME 2014/052 FINAL)

On 22 May 2014, CPME co-signed a joint open letter to the European Council calling for European commitments on children’s rights to be prioritised in future common migration and asylum policies.

On 8 May 2014, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ’CPME letter on the Public consultation on the preliminary opinion on the ‘Definition of a frame of reference in relation to primary care with a special emphasis on financing systems and referral systems’’.

On 8 May 2014, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ’CPME Position paper on standardisation of healthcare services’ (CPME 2014/020 FINAL).

On 18 April 2014, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ’CPME position on the EPC’ (CPME 2014/042 FINAL).

On 5 April 2014, the CPME Board adopted the ‘CPME Policy on Mental Health at the Workplace – from the perspective of a practising physician’ (CPME 2013/098 FINAL).

On 5 April 2014, the CPME Board adopted the ‘CPME response to the public consultation on a “European Area of Skills and Qualifications”’ (CPME 2014/021 FINAL).

On 5 April 2014, the CPME Board adopted the ’CPME response to the public consultation on the review of existing VAT legislation on public bodies and tax exemptions in the public interest’ (CPME 2014/016 FINAL).

On 11 March 2014, the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) together with the Council of European Dentists (CED) and the Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU) signed an open Letter addressed to the MEPs ahead of the European Parliament’s votes on the proposed General Data Protection Regulation and the Initiative report on electronic mass surveillance of European citizens. […]

On 12 February 2014, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs will vote on the draft report on the US NSA surveillance programme, surveillance bodies in various Member States and their impact on EU citizens’ fundamental rights as well as on transatlantic cooperation. With this occasion, the Standing Committe of European Doctors (CPME) released […]

On 23 November 2013, the CPME Board adopted the CPME Policy “Ensuring the secure use of telemedicine and e-health applications in an integrated Europe – Towards a Common Policy Agreement on Electronic ID Systems for Physicians”

On 23 November 2013, the CPME Board adopted the ’CPME Commitments to the EU Platform for Diet, Physical Activity and Health 2013-2014’ (CPME 2013/135 FINAL).

On 23 November 2013, the CPME Board adopted the ’CPME Commitments to the European Alcohol and Health Forum 2013-2014’ (CPME 2013/132 FINAL).

On 23 November 2013, the CPME Board endorsed the WMA Declaration of Helsinki on ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects, as adopted by the WMA General Assembly in Fortaleza – Brazil, October 2013.