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Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME)
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The Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) represents national medical associations across Europe, covering more than 1.7 million doctors in 37 countries
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🇪🇺 European doctors are concerned with several amendments of the Digital Omnibus Package, as they seem to considerably reduce safeguards around personal data use and re-use, in particular for health data in AI contexts

👉 Read our feedback
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February 12, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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⚕️ As a proud member of the Coalition for Vaccination, we support continued EU and national collaboration to strengthen vaccination coverage, address misinformation, and protect population health

👉 Read the full statement: cpme.eu/api/document...

#VaccinesWork @efnbrussels.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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📢 CPME believes that prevention is the most cost-effective long-term strategy for cancer control but protecting the health of millions of European citizens cannot be done without binding legislative measures

#WorldCancerDay #UnitedbyUnique
February 4, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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CPME repeats its deep concern about the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza, including the population’s need for shelter and unfettered access to humanitarian workers, healthcare and aid.

➡️ Full press release: www.cpme.eu/news/europea...
January 30, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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📢 Investing in health is not a cost, but a long-term investment in the EU’s future

⚕️ In a meeting with Olivér Várhelyi, European Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare, CPME emphasised that investing in health underpins competitiveness

👉 Read more: cpme.eu/news/europea...
January 30, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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📢 The EU Biotech Act must strengthen innovation without weakening ethics

⚕️ Alongside @medwma.bsky.social, European doctors urge the EU to safeguard ethical standards in clinical trials and uphold the Declaration of Helsinki

👉 Read our full press release: www.cpme.eu/news/the-eu-...
January 14, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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Even with advances in Universal Health Coverage, many people in Europe still face unmet healthcare needs, particularly disadvantaged groups and rural communities.

Reducing financial barriers and addressing workforce gaps is key to fair access.

#UHCday #HealthForAll
December 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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🌍 CPME alongside other health sector organisations, urge the EU institutions to place people’s health at the centre by agreeing on a decisive EU 2040 climate ambition

👉 Read the joint letter: www.cpme.eu/api/document...
December 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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🗣️"We've proven that with the right amount of awareness you can significantly reduce the use of antibioitcs safely, to the satifsfaction of both patients and doctors"

🎥 Our #DoctorsVoice video highlights strategies to tackle #AntimicrobialResistance in primary care

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#DoctorsVoice on Tackling AntimicrobialResistance in Primary Care
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December 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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📢 This #WorldAIDSDay, we need global solidarity to end AIDS and support countries and communities through challenging times

🔹Over 40M people are living with HIV globally
🔹10M people are waiting for HIV treatment
🔹1.3M people acquired HIV in 2024

👉 www.unaids.org/en/2025-worl...
December 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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⌛ Time is running out to rebalance the pharmaceutical sector for the benefit of patients and healthcare systems

💊 The final negotiations on the EU’s General Pharmaceutical legislation are gathering pace towards the finish line

👉 Read why this matters: cpme.eu/news/the-eu-...
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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#JustPublished!
#ECDC recommends not delaying #influenza vaccination as #flu circulation starts earlier than usual across the EU/EEA this season.

Detections are rising 3–4 weeks earlier than in the past two years, driven by the newly emerged A(H3N2) subclade K.

Press release:
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ECDC recommends vaccinating without delay due to early flu circulation
Influenza detections are increasing unusually early in European Union/European Economic Area countries (EU/EEA) compared to previous years, with a timing three to four weeks earlier than the two most ...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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📢 Doctors, nurses, health and care workers warn EU: don’t scrap EU4Health

Alongside @epsu.bsky.social & @efnbrussels.bsky.social, we call on @europarl.europa.eu & @consilium.europa.eu to prioritise long-term investment in Europe's #HealthWorkforce in the #EUBudget

👉 www.cpme.eu/news/doctors...
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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🗣️ A well-trained and sustainable healthcare workforce is the backbone of health security

⚕️ Our President Dr Ole Johan Bakke emphasised that a resilient health workforce is key to preparing for future crises at the #PoliticoHealthcare Summit

👉 Read more: www.cpme.eu/news/cpme-pr...
November 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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💊 "For a brief moment in the history of mankind we have antibiotics, we must preserve their effects for as long as we can"

🎥 On European Antibiotic Awareness Day, our #DoctorsVoice video outlines why we need to act now on #AntimicrobialResistance

#EAAD #WAAW @ecdc.europa.eu
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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🇹🇼 Our President, Dr Ole Johan Bakke, shared Europe’s #HealthWorkforce challenges and solutions at the Global Health and Welfare Forum in Taiwan

🏥 Invest in prevention and primary care
🖥️ Co-develop digital solutions with healthcare professionals
⚕️ Implement effective planning
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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European doctors’ organization expresses concern over systemic failings after journalists revealed that medics banned in one country pick up their careers in another.

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Doctors Call On EU to Protect Patient Safety After OCCRP Investigation
European doctors’ organization expresses concern over systemic failings after journalists revealed that medics banned in one country pick up their careers in another.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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💊 We need coordination and solidarity on medicine shortages in Europe

⚕️ Our Past President Dr Christiaan Keijzer discussed how doctors are key partners in mitigating shortages in @euractiv.com's online event on #stockpiling

🎥 Watch the full event: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BDm...

#eaDebates
November 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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🇪🇺 Different levels of health expenditure in Member States translates to inequities in access, medicines & health outcomes across Europe

Our President Dr Ole Johan Bakke emphaised health equity at the Health EU Summit hosted by @europarl.europa.eu Vice-President Victor Negrescu
November 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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⚕️ European doctors were honoured to attend the 75th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe in Copenhagen, alongside Regional Director Dr Hans Kluge

CPME supported 2 joint statements urging action on the #HealthWorkforce and a united European response to alcohol-related harm
October 31, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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💻 Dr. Haralampos Karanikas presented the i2X project at the #CPME_GA

⚕️ European doctors are proud parnters in the project which will, for the first time, connect electronic health record systems across Europe

👇 Follow i2X for updates, including an upcoming survey on health data collection needs
October 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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To mark the final week of Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2025, CPME and the other members of the European Health Alliance on Alcohol call on the EU to take decisive action against the ongoing threat of alcohol consumption as a cause of breast cancer

👉 Read the statement: www.cpme.eu/api/document...
October 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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⚠️ Doctors are 5 times more likely to suffer depression than the general population

Tomas Zapata of @whoeurope.bsky.social presented the largest ever survey on the mental health of doctors in the European region at #CPME_GA

👉 Read the report: www.who.int/europe/publi...
October 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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🇬🇷 Doctors from across Greece have shared personal and powerful snapshots from the frontline of Europe’s #HealthWorkforce crisis

👉 Read the press release and listen to the Greek #DoctorsVoice: www.cpme.eu/news/greek-d...

📹 The videos are published to mark the #CPME_GA in Athens
October 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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💊 The revision of the EU’s pharmaceutical legislation is a once in a generation opportunity to rebalance the sector

⚕️ European doctors call on EU leaders to ensure that the EU’s pharmaceutical system serves and delivers for patients

➡️ Press release: www.cpme.eu/news/the-eu-...
October 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM