The European Union of General Practitioners/Family Physicians (UEMO) joins the World Medical Association (WMA) and the Standing Committee of European Doctors in condemning the recent Bill approved by the Turkish authorities that restrict the freedom of thousands of Turkish physicians to practice medicine. The Bill recently approved by the Turkey’s Health Commission will have an […]

A study published by the Lancet with data from the European Center for Disease Control has reached the conclusion that infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria were responsible for 33.110 deaths in the European Union and European Economic Area in 2015. These estimates are based on data from the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net) data […]

On the occasion of the General Assembly, UEMO representatives convened in Rome (October 26-28), where they discussed existing public health concerns. The General Assembly, the last meeting of the Italian presidency, will rotate its presidency to Romania. Tiago Villanueva (Portugal) was also elected as new vice-president. These two changes will be implemented as of the […]

UEMO, represented by Mary McCarthy, attended a three-day conference (V Congresso Regionale) entitled “Health – Comparing Public and Private”, at Desenzano, Lake Garda, in Italy, on September 21-23. The programme of the event covered a variety of topics ranging from data privacy, healthcare evolution and changes and a comparison of healthcare systems in between countries. […]

On the occasion of the 6th e-Health Stakeholder Group Meeting, led by DG CONNECT (Directorate-General Communications Network, Content and Technology) and DG SANTE  (Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety), the European Union of General Practitioners (UEMO) seized the opportunity to communicate current challenges and potentials facing e-Health in Europe. The meeting took place on the […]

The European Union of General Practitioners (UEMO) welcomes the MEPs vote on the approval of the report on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) on the 3rd of October, in Strasbourg. “As healthcare professionals we see clear advantages in clinical HTA: a thorough understanding of the use, safety and clinical effectiveness of a technology is essential to […]

  On 13 September 2018, MEPs of the Health Committee adopted a new law that aims at boosting cooperation between member states in the field of HTA, by «laying out the procedure for member states to carry out voluntary joint assessments». It is intended to cover aspects such as rules for sharing data, setting up […]

On 7 July 2018, UEMO discussed together with over 300 policy makers, healthcare providers, patient representatives and other experts their views about the future cooperation on Health Technology Assessment (HTA). The discussions indicated that, HTA should be more structured, sustainable and efficient, better allowing for an optimal use of resources and sharing of expertise across […]

On 29 August 2018, the force task set up by European Union (EU) regulators to better address potential problems with medicines’ supply and to avoid shortages published its work programme for the coming two years. The priority will be to improve the availability of human and veterinary medicines authorised in the EU for the benefit […]