On November 25, he Commission adopted a Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe to ensure patients have access to innovative and affordable medicines and to support the competitiveness, innovative capacity and sustainability of the EU’s pharmaceutical industry. The Strategy will allow Europe to cover its pharmaceutical needs, including in times of crisis, through robust supply chains. A key […]

Our board member Mary McCarthy has been featured in the healthcare publication “Primary and Hospital Care“, where she penned an opinion about the future for General Practice. “General practice is the best job in medicine. All family doctors know this, so why is it so difficult to persuade young medical graduates to train as general […]

Today, EU member states’ ambassadors agreed unanimously on the mandate to start negotiations with the European Parliament on the EU4Health programme (2021-2027). This programme is a strong response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but also maintains a focus on long-term EU actions in the health field. It aims to improve public health in the EU and […]

Today, the European Commission announced details about the Vaccine Strategy, earlier announced on June 17. As Europe learns to live with the pandemic, the development and swift global deployment of safe and effective vaccines against COVID-19 remains an essential element in the eventual solution to the public health crisis. In this context, the Commission is […]

Vaccines: Commission secures second deal As the race for a vaccine mounts, the European Commission announced an official agreement with a second manufacturer, Sanofi-GSK, last Friday. Earlier, on 9 September, the EU executive had concluded talks with BioNTech-Pfizer. By securing the second contract, the EC will enable EU member states to purchase up to 300 million […]

UEMO 2020 – 072 Covid as an Occupational disease In its general assembly held on the 13 June 2020, UEMO strongly supports the initiative taken by the European Commission in proposing Directive (EU) 202/739 of 3rd June 2020, amending Annex III to Directive 2000/54/EC regarding the inclusion of SARS-CoV-2 in the list of biological agents […]

On June 15, the European Commission launched a survey in which the executive tries to assess the difficulties and challenges felt by healthcare professionals during the ongoing pandemics.  In view of a potential second wave of the virus, the survey, entitled “Second Wave of COVID-19: Preparatory actions” also seeks to make an assessment of the […]

On April 2020, the UEMO Board was contacted by the European Centre for Disease, Prevention and Control (ECDC) to provide feedback to the ECDC guidelines on infection control. The result was published on June 9 by the ECDC as a “Technical Report” document entitled “COVID-19 infection prevention and control for primary care, including general practitioner […]

Dr Sylvain Edouard Josse, the Secretary General of UEMO between 1983 to1986, died last month. Dr. Peter Holden, as the only member of the BMA GP committee who served with him, mark his passing with the following document, presented at the virtual meeting of the GPC last week. ”Dr Sylvain Edouard Josse O.B.E. always known […]