Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME)
@europeandoctors
The Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) represents national medical associations across Europe, covering more than 1.7 million doctors in 37 countries
🚨 European Doctors call for urgent action by the EU and European countries to develop, implement, and update comprehensive heat-health action plans at European, national and local levels 👉 Read our statement: www.cpme.eu/api/document...
CPME has written to the Greek Minister of Health, Adonis Georgiadis, expressing concern over a measure to appoint a temporary administration to the Panhellenic Medical Association, replacing elected representatives of the profession. ▶️ Read the letter cpme.eu/api/document...
CPME Statement on detained healthcare professionals in Gaza
⚠️ CPME and organisations representing standardisation, consumers, digital rights, pharmacists and hospitals are calling on EU policymakers to maintain medical devices in the scope of the AI Act. Read the joint letter: cpme.eu/api/document...
🏥Chronic underfunding of healthcare is a significant barrier to improving preparedness in the EU ⚕️Our President, Dr Ole Johan Bakke, attended the Implementation Dialogue on the EU's Medical Countermeasures Strategy with Commissioner @hadjalahbib.bsky.social 👉Read more: www.cpme.eu/news/cpme-pr...
⚕️ Our Secretary General, Sarada Das, presented European doctors’ views at the European Parliament Public Health Committee’s public hearing “Digital health: Preparing healthcare systems for the future”. 👉 Read more: www.cpme.eu/news/cpme-se... @sant.europarl.europa.eu
📢 European doctors and 20 organisations representing civil society, health associations and medical professionals are calling on the European Commission to take urgent action to create healthier #FoodEnvironments across Europe 👉 Read the letter here: www.cpme.eu/api/document...
📢 Healthcare professionals call on EU Parliament plenary to endorse draft report for an EU health workforce crisis plan 👉 Read our joint press release alongside @epsu.bsky.social @efnbrussels.bsky.social and PGEU: www.cpme.eu/news/health-...
⚕️ Robust accreditation and high-quality clinical training are essential to protect patient safety and maintain trust in professional mobility across Europe CPME President Dr Ole Johan Bakke spoke today at the #UEMSCongress on quality assurance in medical education
🚭 This Sunday is the annual World No Tobacco Day by @who.int The aim is to inform about the dangers of using tobacco and the business practices of nicotine. These industries design their products to get particularly young people stuck in a cycle of addiction
We call on EU institutions and Member States to ensure that the EU Return Regulation fully safeguards medical ethics, professional independence, and the fundamental right to healthcare for all ➡️ Read our press release: www.cpme.eu/news/europea...
🤝 Strengthening collaboration between European doctors and the World Medical Association A WMA delegation visited our office to discuss common priorities with colleagues from across the world CPME emerged from @medwma.bsky.social in 1959, and we continue to build our long-standing collaboration
⌛ The final negotiations are taking place on the EU’s Digital Omnibus on AI ⚠️ European doctors are deeply concerned that vital safeguards will be removed governing high-risk AI innovation in medical devices 👉 cpme.eu/news/move-fa... #CY2026
⚕️ As a co-chair of the Coalition for Vaccination, European doctors reaffirm the theme of the annual European Immunization Week by @whoeurope.bsky.social: “For every generation, vaccines work” 👉 Find out more about the Coalition's campaign during #EIW2026: coalitionforvaccination.com/news/47/euro...
⚕️ The drive for competitiveness must not come at the expense of ethical standards. 🔬 Read our press release and proposed amendments to the EU Biotech Act: www.cpme.eu/news/europea...
⚠️ Robust protections for personal data, in particular for health data, must remain in place in the hashtag#GDPR to ensure ethics and privacy in the roll out of digital healthcare. Read our proposed amendments to the Digital Omnibus on Data: www.cpme.eu/news/weakeni...
🌍 On #WorldHealthDay, European doctors #StandWithScience 🔬 Evidence-based medicine is the foundation of CPME’s policy work ⚕️ Since 1959, CPME has been committed to contributing the medical profession’s point of view to European policy-making
⚠️ European doctors urge policymakers to take immediate and coordinated action to address the growing public health crisis posed by gambling and gaming 👉 Read our full policy: www.cpme.eu/api/document...
🩺 European doctors urge policy-makers to invest in staffing, training, and medical expertise in response to growing workforce and efficiency pressures 👉 Read our press release and newly adopted policy: www.cpme.eu/news/europea... #HealthWorkforce
🖥️ European doctors at the centre of the implementation of the European Health Data Space ⚕️ Sara Roda and Iztok Štotl presented on CPME's role in gathering evidence at the annual meeting of @i2xproject.bsky.social 👉 Read the article in our Spring magazine: www.cpme.eu/news/i2x-pro...
🚨 We call on the @ec.europa.eu to deliver an EU Climate & Health Strategy this summer 🌍 Climate change is already a health crisis in Europe. Civil society, healthcare & public health experts demand urgent action ✍️ Read the letter: www.cpme.eu/api/document... #ClimateAndHealth
📢 Medical devices must remain under safeguards of the AI Act ⚕️ European doctors cannot accept that high-risk AI innovation in medical devices will take place without the proper safeguards in place 👉 Press release: www.cpme.eu/news/move-fa... #EPlenary
🇮🇪 "A ban on social media for under-16s in Ireland is imperative given the overwhelming negative impact social media is having on our children’s health" Professor Matthew Sadlier of the @irishmedicalorg.bsky.social at #CPME_GA in Dublin 👉 Press release: www.cpme.eu/news/europea...
📢 Make health a central pillar of the European budget ⚕️ We urge heads of state and government to prioritise health in the #EUbudget ahead of the #EUCO on 19-20 March 👉 Our to call to maintain the EU4Health programme with @epsu.bsky.social & @efnbrussels.bsky.social: www.cpme.eu/news/doctors...
⚠️ European Doctors call on the EU to maintain medical devices within the scope of the AI Act 🇪🇺 Member states are now discussing removing safeguards in the #AIAct, such as human oversight of high-risk AI systems in medical devices 🏥 Read our joint open letter with HOPE: www.cpme.eu/news/europea...
💊 We are proud to present our Spring Magazine, including a focus on pharmaceutical policy reform and a report on the independence of the medical profession under threat 👉 Read the full magazine here: cpme.eu/api/document...
🧑⚕️Safe staffing is key to patient safety, good working conditions & a sustainable #HealthWorkforce, requiring reliable data, training & strong retention policies 📽️Today CPME hosted the Joint Action HEROES webinar on safe staffing, incl. speakers from @whoeurope.bsky.social & @efnbrussels.bsky.social
🇫🇷 Our Vice President Dr Jacqueline Rossant-Lumbroso met with a delegation from the French Senate ⚕️ She discussed a range of topics, including the EU’s pharmaceutical legislation, antimicrobial resistance, the Critical Medicines Act, cardiovascular health, and the #HealthWorkforce
🩺 Artificial intelligence will not solve the health workforce crisis 🇪🇺 Our Secretary General, Sarada Das, highlighted that we need to build trust to increase the uptake of AI in healthcare during a panel hosted by MEP Andras Kulja and MEP Andriukaitis & organised by @gasteinforum.bsky.social