Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME)
@europeandoctors.bsky.social
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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📢 Our Summer Magazine is published, with two key themes:
⚕️ Dr Andreas Botzlar's editorial warns that when the #HealthWorkforce breaks, the system follows
🏥 A feature on prevention with articles from
@who.int/Europe , @irishmedicalorg.bsky.social & @helmholtz.de
👉 www.cpme.eu/api/document...
⚕️ Dr Andreas Botzlar's editorial warns that when the #HealthWorkforce breaks, the system follows
🏥 A feature on prevention with articles from
@who.int/Europe , @irishmedicalorg.bsky.social & @helmholtz.de
👉 www.cpme.eu/api/document...
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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:
bit.ly/3JZtkH2
#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:
bit.ly/3JZtkH2
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 ...
www.ecdc.europa.eu
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
#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:
bit.ly/3JZtkH2
#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:
bit.ly/3JZtkH2
📢 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...
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
📢 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...
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...
🗣️ 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...
⚕️ 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
🗣️ 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...
⚕️ 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...
💊 "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
🎥 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
💊 "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
🎥 On European Antibiotic Awareness Day, our #DoctorsVoice video outlines why we need to act now on #AntimicrobialResistance
#EAAD #WAAW @ecdc.europa.eu
🇹🇼 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
🏥 Invest in prevention and primary care
🖥️ Co-develop digital solutions with healthcare professionals
⚕️ Implement effective planning
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🇹🇼 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
🏥 Invest in prevention and primary care
🖥️ Co-develop digital solutions with healthcare professionals
⚕️ Implement effective planning
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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.
www.occrp.org/en/news/doct...
www.occrp.org/en/news/doct...
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.
www.occrp.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
European doctors’ organization expresses concern over systemic failings after journalists revealed that medics banned in one country pick up their careers in another.
www.occrp.org/en/news/doct...
www.occrp.org/en/news/doct...
💊 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
⚕️ 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
💊 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
⚕️ 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
🇪🇺 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
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
🇪🇺 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
Our President Dr Ole Johan Bakke emphaised health equity at the Health EU Summit hosted by @europarl.europa.eu Vice-President Victor Negrescu
⚕️ 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
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
⚕️ 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
CPME supported 2 joint statements urging action on the #HealthWorkforce and a united European response to alcohol-related harm
💻 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
⚕️ 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
💻 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
⚕️ 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
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...
👉 Read the statement: www.cpme.eu/api/document...
October 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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...
👉 Read the statement: www.cpme.eu/api/document...
⚠️ 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...
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
⚠️ 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...
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...
🇬🇷 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
👉 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
🇬🇷 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
👉 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
💊 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-...
⚕️ 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
💊 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-...
⚕️ 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-...
It's the European Week for Safety and Health at Work and CPME is a partner in the campaign on the digital age with 5 priorities:
🔍 AI & worker management
🤖 Automation of tasks
💻 Digital platform work
🏠 Remote & hybrid work
📊 Smart digital systems
👉 healthy-workplaces.osha.europa.eu/en/publicati...
🔍 AI & worker management
🤖 Automation of tasks
💻 Digital platform work
🏠 Remote & hybrid work
📊 Smart digital systems
👉 healthy-workplaces.osha.europa.eu/en/publicati...
October 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It's the European Week for Safety and Health at Work and CPME is a partner in the campaign on the digital age with 5 priorities:
🔍 AI & worker management
🤖 Automation of tasks
💻 Digital platform work
🏠 Remote & hybrid work
📊 Smart digital systems
👉 healthy-workplaces.osha.europa.eu/en/publicati...
🔍 AI & worker management
🤖 Automation of tasks
💻 Digital platform work
🏠 Remote & hybrid work
📊 Smart digital systems
👉 healthy-workplaces.osha.europa.eu/en/publicati...
📢 Landmark survey by @whoeurope.bsky.social reports worrying proportion of doctors experiencing depression & passive suicidal thoughts
👉 Read the #MeNDsurvey: iris.who.int/items/7324bf...
Our Vice President Dr Péter Álmos addressed today's survey launch on #WorldMentalHealthDay
👉 Read the #MeNDsurvey: iris.who.int/items/7324bf...
Our Vice President Dr Péter Álmos addressed today's survey launch on #WorldMentalHealthDay
October 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
📢 Landmark survey by @whoeurope.bsky.social reports worrying proportion of doctors experiencing depression & passive suicidal thoughts
👉 Read the #MeNDsurvey: iris.who.int/items/7324bf...
Our Vice President Dr Péter Álmos addressed today's survey launch on #WorldMentalHealthDay
👉 Read the #MeNDsurvey: iris.who.int/items/7324bf...
Our Vice President Dr Péter Álmos addressed today's survey launch on #WorldMentalHealthDay
The #HealthWorkforce dedicates their lives to caring for others – but who is caring for them?
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, our Vice President Dr Péter Álmos will discuss European action to protect doctors' mental health at the #MeNDsurvey launch
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/MeNDsurvey2025
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, our Vice President Dr Péter Álmos will discuss European action to protect doctors' mental health at the #MeNDsurvey launch
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/MeNDsurvey2025
October 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The #HealthWorkforce dedicates their lives to caring for others – but who is caring for them?
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, our Vice President Dr Péter Álmos will discuss European action to protect doctors' mental health at the #MeNDsurvey launch
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/MeNDsurvey2025
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, our Vice President Dr Péter Álmos will discuss European action to protect doctors' mental health at the #MeNDsurvey launch
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/MeNDsurvey2025
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The WMA demands the immediate release of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, a physician unjustly detained in Iran since 2016.
He must have access to family, lawyers & medical care.
Full Press Release: www.wma.net/news-post/wo...
#HumanRights #MedicalEthics #Medsky
He must have access to family, lawyers & medical care.
Full Press Release: www.wma.net/news-post/wo...
#HumanRights #MedicalEthics #Medsky
October 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The WMA demands the immediate release of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, a physician unjustly detained in Iran since 2016.
He must have access to family, lawyers & medical care.
Full Press Release: www.wma.net/news-post/wo...
#HumanRights #MedicalEthics #Medsky
He must have access to family, lawyers & medical care.
Full Press Release: www.wma.net/news-post/wo...
#HumanRights #MedicalEthics #Medsky
Join us at the online launch of the #MeNDsurvey report with @whoeurope.bsky.social – the most comprehensive look at the mental health and well-being of nurses and doctors across Europe
📊 120,000+ health workers, 29 countries
📅 10 October | 10:00 CEST
🔗 Register: bit.ly/MeNDsurvey2025
📊 120,000+ health workers, 29 countries
📅 10 October | 10:00 CEST
🔗 Register: bit.ly/MeNDsurvey2025
October 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Join us at the online launch of the #MeNDsurvey report with @whoeurope.bsky.social – the most comprehensive look at the mental health and well-being of nurses and doctors across Europe
📊 120,000+ health workers, 29 countries
📅 10 October | 10:00 CEST
🔗 Register: bit.ly/MeNDsurvey2025
📊 120,000+ health workers, 29 countries
📅 10 October | 10:00 CEST
🔗 Register: bit.ly/MeNDsurvey2025
🌍 On #WorldHeartDay, European doctors alongside 19 organisations representing civil society, health associations and medical professionals say it loud:
🫀 Europe cannot cut cardiovascular disease without tackling unhealthy diets.
👉✉️ Read our letter: www.cpme.eu/api/document...
🫀 Europe cannot cut cardiovascular disease without tackling unhealthy diets.
👉✉️ Read our letter: www.cpme.eu/api/document...
September 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🌍 On #WorldHeartDay, European doctors alongside 19 organisations representing civil society, health associations and medical professionals say it loud:
🫀 Europe cannot cut cardiovascular disease without tackling unhealthy diets.
👉✉️ Read our letter: www.cpme.eu/api/document...
🫀 Europe cannot cut cardiovascular disease without tackling unhealthy diets.
👉✉️ Read our letter: www.cpme.eu/api/document...
European doctors’ concern deepening about the catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza
CPME demands the Israeli government to immediately lift all aid restrictions so lifesaving assistance can reach Gaza without delay. Medical neutrality and human rights must be respected.
CPME demands the Israeli government to immediately lift all aid restrictions so lifesaving assistance can reach Gaza without delay. Medical neutrality and human rights must be respected.
September 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
European doctors’ concern deepening about the catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza
CPME demands the Israeli government to immediately lift all aid restrictions so lifesaving assistance can reach Gaza without delay. Medical neutrality and human rights must be respected.
CPME demands the Israeli government to immediately lift all aid restrictions so lifesaving assistance can reach Gaza without delay. Medical neutrality and human rights must be respected.
⚕️ We continue to call for an EU #HealthWorkforce strategy
🇪🇺 Our President, Dr Ole Johan Bakke, and Secretary General, Sarada Das, attended today's @sant.europarl.europa.eu hearing on an EU health workforce crisis plan
👉 Read our input to the report: www.cpme.eu/api/document...
🇪🇺 Our President, Dr Ole Johan Bakke, and Secretary General, Sarada Das, attended today's @sant.europarl.europa.eu hearing on an EU health workforce crisis plan
👉 Read our input to the report: www.cpme.eu/api/document...
September 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
⚕️ We continue to call for an EU #HealthWorkforce strategy
🇪🇺 Our President, Dr Ole Johan Bakke, and Secretary General, Sarada Das, attended today's @sant.europarl.europa.eu hearing on an EU health workforce crisis plan
👉 Read our input to the report: www.cpme.eu/api/document...
🇪🇺 Our President, Dr Ole Johan Bakke, and Secretary General, Sarada Das, attended today's @sant.europarl.europa.eu hearing on an EU health workforce crisis plan
👉 Read our input to the report: www.cpme.eu/api/document...
📢 The European Health Alliance on Alcohol, including CPME, warns that measures in the EU Wine Package raise urgent public health concerns, such as:
🔵 Allowing wines with up to 6% ABV to be labelled as “low-alcohol”
🔵 Permitting digital-only labelling
👉 cpme.eu/news/6-alcoh...
🔵 Allowing wines with up to 6% ABV to be labelled as “low-alcohol”
🔵 Permitting digital-only labelling
👉 cpme.eu/news/6-alcoh...
September 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
📢 The European Health Alliance on Alcohol, including CPME, warns that measures in the EU Wine Package raise urgent public health concerns, such as:
🔵 Allowing wines with up to 6% ABV to be labelled as “low-alcohol”
🔵 Permitting digital-only labelling
👉 cpme.eu/news/6-alcoh...
🔵 Allowing wines with up to 6% ABV to be labelled as “low-alcohol”
🔵 Permitting digital-only labelling
👉 cpme.eu/news/6-alcoh...
🚭 A broad coalition of European health organisations is urgently calling on EU Member States to strongly support the revision of the EU Tobacco Excise Directive
👉 Joint letter and press release: cpme.eu/news/europea...
@partnershipfree.bsky.social
👉 Joint letter and press release: cpme.eu/news/europea...
@partnershipfree.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🚭 A broad coalition of European health organisations is urgently calling on EU Member States to strongly support the revision of the EU Tobacco Excise Directive
👉 Joint letter and press release: cpme.eu/news/europea...
@partnershipfree.bsky.social
👉 Joint letter and press release: cpme.eu/news/europea...
@partnershipfree.bsky.social
⛅ It's @unep.org #CleanAirDay today
Check out the EU Healthy Air Coalition's brand-new infographic, to find out why we have to cut pollutants at all sources
#AirPollution is Europe’s biggest environmental threat to health, and it comes at a huge societal and individual price
Check out the EU Healthy Air Coalition's brand-new infographic, to find out why we have to cut pollutants at all sources
#AirPollution is Europe’s biggest environmental threat to health, and it comes at a huge societal and individual price
September 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
⛅ It's @unep.org #CleanAirDay today
Check out the EU Healthy Air Coalition's brand-new infographic, to find out why we have to cut pollutants at all sources
#AirPollution is Europe’s biggest environmental threat to health, and it comes at a huge societal and individual price
Check out the EU Healthy Air Coalition's brand-new infographic, to find out why we have to cut pollutants at all sources
#AirPollution is Europe’s biggest environmental threat to health, and it comes at a huge societal and individual price