Free movement of persons is a basic principle of the EU, and health professionals’ mobility was expected to increase after the accession of Hungary to the EU in 2004. Capturing health professionals’ mobility, however, is challenging. On the basis of international professional debates, the outflow indicator most frequently used for measurement is the number of […]

On August 24, 2017, the Polishh government adopted draft law on primary health care (PHC). The objectives of the reform are to provide comprehensive and high quality PHC centred on the patient; increase the role of prevention and health education; improve treatment through better organisation of PHC (including improved coordination of care between the PHC […]

On 3-4 October 2017 UEMO President Aldo Lupo was invited as speaker at the #EHFG in Gastein. #UEMO  was involved in many topics : The Known Unknowns of Big Data in Health and Health Work Force Planning. Experts addressed the matter of health workforce planning at the European Health Forum Gastein, outlined challenges and discussed options for the future. For a […]

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA) are stepping up their efforts to provide developers of medicines with simultaneous, coordinated advice on their development plans and facilitate alignment of data requirements. This initiative provides a single gateway for requests for parallel consultations with EMA and HTA bodies in […]

On 28 June, POLITICO organised the ‘The Patient Journey: improving the life of patients living with chronic diseases’ event which included an interview of the EU Health Commissioner, Vytenis Andriukaitis, followed by two panel sessions. It has been stressed, that health care systems encounter major challenges today: from Brexit impact on the fate of the […]

Yesterday June 29th, the European Commission launched its new European Union action plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – a growing threat that is responsible for 25,000 deaths in the EU every year. The action plan is built around three pillars:          Make Europe a best practice region.          Boost research, development and innovation.          Shape the […]

UEMO’s eHealth policy has been adopted by the General Assembly London 27 May 2017.  It can be dowloaded here.

On 15 May 2017, UEMO took part in the stakeholder workshop on implementation of Article 15 & 16 of the Tobacco Products Directive (2014/40/EU).  The meeting was conducted by Mrs Anna-Eva Ampelas, Head of Unit responsible for health in all policies, global health and tobacco control while the topics for discussion were introduced by Mr […]

During the Fall UEMO General Assembly in London in May 2017, the new Code of Conduct has been approved. It can be downloaded here.