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 […]

On 20 April 2020, the Coalition for Vaccination, consisting of European associations of healthcare professionals, kicked off an advocacy campaign to promote the uptake of vaccines among health professionals and patients. Please find the campaign videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLquj3uF4FvDuC7WvWn5NjqkIUPpH6yPhq Full press release available here.

The European health professionals and their students’ organisations are calling on the European Commission and the governments to support and protect healthcare professionals fighting Covid-19. Staff must be provided with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and must be regularly tested, regardless of reported symptoms or exposure.  Full press release available here.

Physician leaders representing doctors across the world have written to the President of Turkey and the Prime Minister of Greece expressing their deep distress about the escalation of the humanitarian crisis on the border between Turkey and Greece. Dr. Miguel Jorge, President of the World Medical Association, and Prof. Dr. Frank Ulrich Montgomery, who is […]

The professional and student organisations representing medical doctors, dentists, pharmacists and veterinarians in Europe call on policy makers, academics and professionals to promote an interdisciplinary exchange under the One Health[1] approach in education. Press release available here. Report of the debate available here. [1] Reference to the One Health approach: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/

“Novel products contain tobacco and/or nicotine, and are therefore addictive and harmful to health. We don’t recommend them as a means for helping smokers quit’’, says Prof. Dr Frank Ulrich Montgomery, CPME President. Full press release available here.

“We call on policymakers to include CPME in the relevant advisory bodies at EU level and national medical associations at national level” says Prof. Dr Frank Ulrich Montgomery, President of the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME). “To implement AI with proven benefits for health care can only work if the doctors’ perspective is integrated […]

Helsinki (Finland) – The European Doctors coming from 36 National Medical Associations met in Helsinki at the biannual General Assembly and Board meetings of the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME). During the meetings held on 16 November 2019 the CPME delegates had fruitful exchanges on recent health policy developments at national and European levels. […]

The Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME), in collaboration with the Lancet Countdown, has published a Policy brief for the EU focusing on the link between health and climate change. It focuses on data from four themes featured in the 2019 Lancet Countdown report: the economic costs of air pollution, electricity generation, transport, and climate […]

Today, 9 October 2019, nine EU umbrella health organisations will hold a debate: ”EU 2019-2024: Health Champions Wanted” on the health policy challenges for the European Union in the coming years. The debate will be hosted in the European Parliament by MEPs Dr Peter Liese (EPP, DE) and Dr Sara Cerdas (S&D, PT). The goal […]