UEMO President Tiago Villanueva was present at the 35th meeting of the European Network of Medical Competent Authorities in Paris, on 22 June, with representatives of medical competent authorities from all EU countries and the European Commission. In the meeting he presented a compelling case and all the arguments in favour of the recognition of […]

  UEMO held its Spring General Assembly in Luxembourg, on 5 and 6 June, with the presence of delegations from 23 countries, observers from two countries and representatives from three European Medical Organizations (European Council of Medical Orders, European Union of Medical Specialists, Standing Committee of European Doctors). Candan Kendir, a trained general practitioner / […]

UEMO – European Union of General Practitioners / Family Physicians, an organization representing family doctors from numerous European countries, is closely following the ongoing debate in Italy regarding the possible transformation of General practitioners / Family physicians from independent professionals to employees of the National Health Service. UEMO wishes to express its concern about any […]

UEMO President Dr. Tiago Villanueva participated in the session “Human Resources in Primary Health Care: From Challenges to Solutions” at the Conference of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Managers (APAH), held on 16 May in Covilhã, Portugal. During the discussion, Dr. Villanueva emphasized the key role of family physicians in ensuring accessible, people-centred, and sustainable […]

UEMO President Tiago Villanueva attended the joint AEMH-FEMS meeting, which took place on 8-9 May in Wroclaw, along with representatives from CEOM, CPME and UEMS. He had the opportunity to update the audience on UEMO’s activities, in particular the ongoing efforts of different European countries to send notifications to the European Commission via the internal […]

Please find the video of UEMO President, Tiago Villanueva, interviewing FEMS President Alessandra Spedicato on how to improve the working conditions of Family Doctors in Europe.

UEMO Vice President Branka Lazic from the Serbian Medical Chamber represented UEMO at the WMA Council meeting on 24th and 25th April in Belgrade. She actively participated in the Round Table Women in Medicine, which was inspired and organized by the current President of WMA Dr. Jacqueline W. Kitulu. Although women make up the majority […]

UEMO is happy to share with you the official support message from the Medical Chamber of Montenegro: Dear President and Members of the UEMO General Assembly, The Medical Chamber of Montenegro (Ljekarska komora Crne Gore), through its official UEMO Delegate dr Dušan Popović, specialist in family medicine, and with the full support and endorsement of […]

UEMO Secretary-General Catarina Matias attended the UEMS Council meeting in Tunis, Tunisia, on 24-25 April. She participated in a roundtable discussion with representatives from other EMOs (“How can EMOs promote their work and strengthen their influence at European and international level?”) and pointed out that EMOs strengthen their influence not by speaking louder, but by […]