Letter to the Romanian Parliament and Romanian public authorities regarding the modification of the law on the organization of the Romanian College of Physicians: ”The undersigned European Medical Organisations take note of the legal changes affecting the elections for the governing bodies of the Romanian College of Physicians. It is our understanding that 25 years […]

Letter of support to Portugal ”Due to the shortage of family physicians in Portugal working in the public healthcare system, the Portuguese Government has recently passed legislation that will enable nonspecialist physicians to sign permanent contracts with the Ministry of Health in order to carry out similar work as family physicians. This includes taking responsibility […]

On September 7, the European Commission presented the European Care Strategy to ensure quality, affordable and accessible care services across the European Union and improve the situation for both care receivers and the people caring for them, professionally or informally. The Strategy is accompanied by two Recommendations for Member States on the revision of the Barcelona targets […]

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The first meeting of HERA (Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority) Civil Society Forum took place on June 28, 2022 and UEMO was represented by Patrick Ouvrard, reporting that the first meeting allowed the European GP/FM association to exchange views about: Views of participants on lessons learned from the Covid-19 crisis and HERA’s role in […]

It’s a pleasure to announce that UEMO has been selected to be a member of the European Commission‘s HERA Civil Society Advisory Forum! We are honoured for this development and we pledge to represent the GP community at EU level with the greatest commitment. 

At the occasion of the European Week Against Cancer, the European Commission has published today a study on the access to financial products for persons with a history of cancer, the so called ‘right to be forgotten’, in the EU and set out the next steps for action under Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. The study highlights broad […]

As of today (May 26), new rules on in vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDR) such as HIV tests, pregnancy tests or COVID-19 tests, will be applicable in the EU. The rules will better protect public health and patient safety in respect to these devices, bringing EU law in line with technological advances and progress in […]

Delivering on a key action from the EU Strategy on COVID-19 Therapeutics, the Commission has published yesterday the COVID-19 Therapeutics Innovation Booster, a report prepared by independent scientific experts. It facilitates the identification of promising research projects and technologies and provides guidance to researchers and innovators to best focus efforts and accelerate innovation. The guidance provided […]