CPME welcomes adoption of Cross-Border Healthcare Directive European Doctors welcome the 2nd reading approval of the Directive for the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare by the European Parliament today which is now only awaiting its formal adoption by the Council of Ministers. This legislation presents a crucial step in codifying and clarifying patients’ […]

PRESS RELEASE  7th December 2010 07/12/2010 The medical profession urges to focus on sustainable prophylactic policies to secure Global Health Health Day at the UN Climate Change Conference COP 16 in Cancun Health and Environment communities join forces and call on negotiators to consider the “real costs” of climate change and the benefits of strong action […]

PRESS RELEASE   16th December 2010 16/12/2010 European Doctors warn about second-hand smoke and call on policy makers to take preventive measures Worldwide, 40% of children, 33% of male non-smokers and 35% of female non-smokers were exposed to second-hand smoke in 2004, according to a research article published in The Lancet on 26 November[1].  In Europe, these […]

PRESS RELEASE   2nd December 2010 02/12/2010 ‘European Doctors take their stance on current issues to promote health and safety of patients’ CPME Board Meeting At its meeting in Brussels on 27 November 2010, the Board of the Standing Committee of European Doctors adopted the following policy documents on tobacco and nicotine delivery products, professional qualifications, […]

In Europe today, access to health care for all is not a reality. Undocumented migrants, asylum seekers and their children are often left behind. In order to help to make a change, The Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) supports the European Declaration of health professionals towards non-discriminatory access to healthcare. “Doctors have the ethical […]

CPME Board met on 22 June 2010 in Brussels. In a meeting that discussed many issues related to current developments on the European health agenda, the topic of health inequalities was specially focused on. The wide disparities in access to health care between the EU Member States, but also between regions within one Member State […]

On 23 March 2010, the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME), the Vitamin D Workshop and PA International Foundation jointly organised a conference in the European Parliament in Brussels. This conference provided a unique opportunity for stakeholders to bring the issue of widespread Vitamin D deficiency to the fore, at European level. « We all learned […]

Appeal to the European Commission on the occasion of the incoming European Commission, February 2010 The Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) is looking forward to working together with the new European Commission and especially with the Commissioner for Health, John Dallí, towards a healthier Europe. CPME will be glad to contribute to the process […]

CPME Board meeting 24 October 2009 outcomes   CPME Subcommittees and Board met on 23 and 24 October 2009 in Winchester, United Kingdom.   The following CPME policy documents were adopted:   Use of Health Related Genetic Information outside the Health Service   The ever increasing range and sophistication of genetic information now available offer […]

CPME Press Release                                                                                                                                                                        18.06.2009 CPME Board meeting 13 June 2009 outcomes CPME Subcommittees and Board met on 12 and 13 June 2009 in Brussels. The following policy documents were adopted: CPME response to the European Commission’s Pharmaceutical package, pharmacovigilance (EN/FR) CPME appreciates the Commission wanting to strengthen an EU-wide pharmacovigilance system. It acknowledges that the strengthening […]