CEOM Board endorses the Portuguese Medical Association Statement on the quality of medical specialties in Portugal
23.09.2021The CEOM Board expresses its deepest concern having been alerted by its Portuguese member of the risk of lowering the quality of some medical specialties such as the general practitioners.
Quality of medicine is crucial, even more at a time when the evolution of medicine has been exponential and when the burden of chronic diseases will represent a great challenge for the health system and patient safety.
It is of the utmost importance that the quality of care and especially primary care be guaranteed by the Portuguese National Authorities.
European Medical Organisations face an increase in all types of acts of physical, emotional, and psychological violence against healthcare professionals.
21.06.2021PRESS RELEASE
In 2021 the World Health Organisation celebrates the International Year of Health and Care Workers. Despite this, European Medical Organisations face an increase in all types of acts of physical, emotional, and psychological violence against healthcare professionals. This is confirmed in the alarming finding of the FEMS survey about burnout of physicians in Europe. European Medical Organisations reaffirm that they stand in complete solidarity with their colleagues who are in the front line of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
European Medical Organisations strongly urge governments to reconsider how healthcare systems value the wellbeing of healthcare professionals in their daily practice together along with the wellbeing of the patients they serve every day and the community of employees who work with them. Medicine should be, and must remain, a safe place to work.
The ongoing pandemic has reaffirmed the central role of physicians in ensuring the stability and wellbeing of our societies. On the 12th of March of this year, European Medical Organisations marked the second European Awareness Day on Violence against Doctors and other Healthcare Professionals and committed themselves to acknowledging and addressing those factors contributing to violence against doctors including exhaustion and burnout.
We call on European governments and health authorities, to provide all healthcare staff with a safe working environment and adequate mechanisms to prevent any type of violence so as to decrease the risk of exhaustion and burnout for all healthcare professionals, and to deploy all necessary means to protect the physical and psychological integrity of our colleagues during this pandemic and beyond.
These healthcare professionals, whom we applaud, deserve admiration, respect, appreciation, and protection. European Medical Organisations also pay tribute to all healthcare professionals who sadly lost their lives in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Find the full press release here: European Medical Organisations face an increase in all types of acts of physical, emotional, and psychological violence against healthcare professionals.
Dr. José Santos: "The European Medical Associations (EMOS) have always been united and have worked together in the fight for the defense of doctors and health professionals"
Dr. José Santos exposes in this interview the ethical conflicts that have arisen due to the pandemic, the work carried out at this stage by the European Council of Medical Orders (CEOM) and the challenges that arise in the near future regarding the medica
13.05.2021
- Reinforce the need to comply with ethical and deontological measures in the treatment of patients.
- Create conditions and protocols so that they can be implemented and normalized, even in times of crisis and pandemics.
- Work on the perception of the physical and psychological implications, in non-COVID patients and in clinical situations of chronicity and comorbidity, derived from the pandemic.
- Strengthen leadership work, at the European level, against violence against doctors and other health professionals and burnout, as a form of violence.
2nd European Awareness Day on violence against Doctors
12.03.2021To mark the 2nd European Awareness Day on violence against Doctors and other Health Professionals and the year of Health Care Workers 2021, the CEOM is endorsing the WHO Vaccine Equity Declaration.
The CEOM strongly supports WHO calls for a fair and equitable vaccination campaign which highlights the importance of health workers, and those at highest risk, to be vaccinated as a priority.
The CEOM calls on governments and all stakeholders to protect medical personnel in the performance of their duties during the ongoing pandemic.
BEST WISHES 2021
15.01.2021On the 50th anniversary of the CEOM, the members of the Board and its Secretariat wish you all the best for 2021!
May this year bring a new impetus to your projects. In the hope of seeing you again in person, please take care of yourselves.
The Summer 2020 Edition of the Healthcare Professionals Crossing Borders Update (HPCB) has just been published
28.08.2020HPCB strives to contribute to patient safety by working together with professional healthcare regulators within Europe to promote effective regulatory collaboration of cross-border healthcare and free movement of healthcare professionals. HPCB is a tri-annual newsletter reporting on key policy news from the European Union and around the world, and outcomes of EU and international meetings and conferences. HPCB website: www.hpcb.eu
In this special Summer edition, HPCB focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on competent authorities around the world. CEOM Secretary-General, Dr. Jean-François RAULT, published the CEOM survey of national teleconsultation practice in European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. The main objective was to map best practices undertaken to support doctors’ vital work while protecting their health during the COVID-19 response. Twelve countries across Europe responded including: Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The outcome of the survey shows a shift toward teleconsultation across Europe, however, some differences have been identified particularly when it comes to medical procedures that can or cannot be conducted via teleconsultation and the technology available.
In addition, HPCB shared the European Medical Organisations condemnation of violence against healthcare professionals fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Find the full press release here: European Medical Organisations condemn attacks on healthcare professionals fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Download here the Summer 2020 Edition of the Healthcare Professional Crossing Borders (HPCB) Update
Outcomes of CEOM Survey on COVID-19 Pandemic : teleconsultation and protection of healthcare staff
26.06.2020CEOM conducted a survey on national teleconsultation practice and protection of healthcare staff in European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. The main objective was to elaborate a mapping of best practices that were taken to facilitate doctors’ vital work while protecting their health during COVID-19. The survey was filled-out by 12 countries across Europe: Cyprus; Estonia; Germany; Greece; Italy; Luxembourg; The Netherlands; Portugal; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; United-Kingdom.
The outcomes of CEOM’s survey showed that there was a massive shift to teleconsultation all over Europe, however, some differences have been pointed out. These differences are particularly shown when it comes to the medical acts that could be conducted via teleconsultation and the technology available.
European Medical Organisations condemn attacks on healthcare professionals fighting the COVID-19 pandemic
14.05.2020
CEOM endorses the Joint AEMH-FEMS Statement on COVID-19
20.04.2020Given all the reports on the current situation about the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic in several EU countries and on the situation of physicians and other healthcare workers, AEMH and FEMS adopted a Joint Statement on COVID-19 that has been endorsed by CEOM. The Statement emphasizes the following:
1. An exhausted doctor or other healthcare worker cannot help effectively ;
2. An infected doctor or other healthcare worker cannot help effectively ;
3. A doctor or other healthcare worker without the personal protective equipment cannot help effectively ;
4. The number of intensive care units should be sufficient.
Download the full Joint AEMH-FEMS Statement on COVID-19 here
The Spring 2020 Edition of the Healthcare Professionals Crossing Borders Update (HPCB) has just been published
14.04.2020In this edition we take a look at the health profiles of 30 European countries and the shift toward prevention and primary care, we explore the latest Brexit developments, the European Commission White Paper on AI in healthcare and the updated annex on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications Directive.
CEOM Secretary-General, Dr. Jean-François RAULT, published an article on the first ever Euopean Awarness Day on Violence against Doctors and other Health professionals, held on March 12 of this year. Health workers are increasingly confronted with situations of violence in their daily practice, even outside any context of conflict. This affects everyone. Patient safety and quality of care are endangered if health professionals are confronted with such risks. European Medical Organisations have issued a Joint Statement on Violence against Doctors and other Health Professionals calling on governments and stakeholders to act on the urgent need to protect medical personnel in the performance of their missions.
HPCB strives to contribute to patient safety by working together with professional healthcare regulators within Europe to promote effective regulatory collaboration of cross-border healthcare and free movement of healthcare professionals.
Download here the Spring 2020 Edition of the Healthcare Professional Crossing Borders (HPCB) Update
HPCB is a tri-annual newsletter reporting on key policy news from the European Union and around the world, and outcomes of EU and international meetings and conferences. HPCB website: www.hpcb.eu
European Healthcare Professionals issue a joint statement urging authorities to guarantee protection to those in front lines against Covid-19
27.03.2020The European health professionals and their students’ organisations are calling on the European Commission and the governments to support and protect healthcare professionals fighting Covid-19. Staff must be provided with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and must be regularly tested, regardless of reported symptoms or exposure.
As Europe has become the global center of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals are working hard to contain the spread of the virus, putting themselves at risk to protect the communities. Despite the unprecedented efforts to stop the pandemic, healthcare professionals are at the front line without adequate PPE. The number of infections and deaths of the healthcare staff is increasing every day.
Even in times of crisis, adequate working conditions must be ensured. Staff must have breaks and time off between shifts, to be able to carry on in what could be a long-term global crisis. The working time Directive should apply. Working in such conditions takes its toll on the psychological health of staff, so appropriate support services must also be put in place.
European healthcare professional organisations call on the European Commission to open a permanent line of communication with European health professionals to share experience and best practice across Europe and to ensure that the Commission’s own support measures focus on operational priorities on the ground.
The list of the organisations signing the statement:
- AEMH - European Association for Senior Hospital Physicians
- CED - Council of European Dentists
- CEOM - European Council of Medical Orders – CEOM
- CPME - Standing Committee of European Doctors
- EAHP - European Association of Hospital Pharmacists
- EFN - European Federation of Nurses Associations
- EJD – European Junior Doctors
- EMA - European Midwives Association
- EPSU - European Federation of Public Service Unions
- ERS - European respiratory Society
- FEMS - European Federation of Salaried Doctors (FEMS)
- UEMS - European Union of Medical Specialists
Download the Joint Statement of the European organisations of Health Professionals on COVID-19
CEOM Meetings in 2020 - Cancellation of the Spring meeting and Save the date for the Winter meeting
26.03.2020For the first time ever, European Medical Organisations join together to raise awareness on Violence against Doctors and other Health Professionals
12.03.2020Today we mark the 1st ever European Awareness Day on Violence against Doctors and other Health Professionals. Health workers are increasingly confronted with situations of violence, sometimes extreme, in their daily practice, even outside any context of conflict. This affects us all. Patient safety and quality of care are endangered if health professionals are confronted with such risks.
The European Medical Organisations call on governments and all stakeholders to act on the urgent need to protect medical personnel in the performance of their missions. As a priority, the enforcement of existing laws to fight violence against doctors and health professionals in the workplace must be improved. In support of this, we ask for the establishment of national reporting mechanisms all across Europe. We furthermore call for the effective implementation of violence prevention programmes and assistance to victims. We ask for determined action to ensure access to quality care for all patients by protecting the freedom and safety of medical personnel and healthcare facilities.
Download the EMOs Joint Statement on Violence against Doctors and other Health Professionals
CEOM Activity Report 2019: the year in a nutshell
11.02.2020CEOM is delighted to present our Activity Report 2019. Beyond its daily activities, both the CEOM Board and Secretariat regularly respond to requests from students, practicing doctors and other professionals on European mobility and medical ethics.
Download the CEOM Activity Report 2019 by clicking here
CEOM supports the British medical profession in shaping the post-Brexit future
CEOM joins other European Medical Organisations in supporting our British colleagues in shaping the future relationship between the UK & the EU after Brexit, taking into account the interests of the European medical profession
22.01.2020Download the EMOs Joint Statement on Brexit and the advocacy posters here
CEOM adopts March 12th as European Day to Fight Violence against Doctors and Health Professionals
05.12.2019During CEOM Plenary Meeting in Lisbon (Portugal) on 29 November 2019, CEOM participants have unanimously adopted March 12th as European Day to Fight Violence against Doctors and Health Professionals. This will be a yearly occasion for all national medical Orders and Associations across Europe to raise awareness and say stop. During the same occasion, CEOM recognized professional burnout as a type of socio-psychological violence that doctors have to face in the workplace. Click here to check-out the outcomes of our Plenary Meeting in Lisbon.
Previously, CEOM has launched its European Observatory on Violence against doctors in Modena (Italy) in 2017 and adopted CEOM Statement on Violence against Doctors and Health Professionals in Madrid (Spain) in 2018.
The 46th Edition of the Healthcare Professionals Crossing Borders (HPCB) Update is now available
HPCB is a tri-annual newsletter reporting on key policy news from the European Union and around the world, and outcomes of EU and international meetings and conferences
29.11.2019In this edition of the Healthcare Professional Crossing Borders (HPCB) Update, we take a look at the recent report published by the EMPL Committee of the European Parliament on labour mobility and recognition of professional qualifications, we have an exclusive article on the patient rights in cross-border healthcare Directive and we examine a new study on the role of nursing in European health policy.
CEOM Secretary-General, Dr. Jean-François RAULT, published a presentation article on the Observatory on Violence Against Doctors in this new edition.
HPCB strives to contribute to patient safety by working together to promote effective collaboration of cross-border healthcare, and free movement of healthcare professionals. We hope you enjoy the newsletter. As ever, if you have any articles to contribute to future editions, please contact the HPCB Secretariat.
Download here the 46th edition of the Healthcare Professional Crossing Borders (HPCB) Update
CEOM joins the EU Coalition for Vaccination
In line with the objectives of the Council Recommendation on strengthened cooperation against vaccine-preventable diseases, adopted on 7 December 2018, CEOM has joined the EU Coalition for Vaccination
13.11.2019The Coalition for Vaccination brings together European associations of healthcare workers as well as relevant students´ associations in the field, to support delivering accurate information to the public, combating myths around vaccines and vaccination and exchanging best practice. The Coalition aims at contributing to obtain high vaccination coverage in the population and among health professionals through joining forces of different health professionals associations. Members of the coalition work cooperatively on an agreed set of activities. The work carried out by the Coalition at EU level shall be transposed and replicated at national level.
Seeing that the purpose of this Coalition is perfectly in line with CEOM’s missions and objectives, CEOM President Dr. José SANTOS expressed his will to make CEOM a member of the EU Coalition for Vaccination and to endorse the first Declaration by the Coalition.
The Coalition is currently co-chaired by:
- The Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME)
- The European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN)
- The Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU)
As a follow-up on the kick-off meeting of the Coalition for Vaccination, the European Commission launched the Coalition page on its European Health Policy Platform (EHPPP) to encourage the sharing of good-practices between the Coalition members.
During its Plenary meeting held in Tirana in June 2019, CEOM organized a round-table on the challenges of vaccination in Europe as the main topic of discussion of the Plenary. CEOM members adopted unanimously CEOM Declaration on Vaccination that aims at encouraging governments and competent authorities to improve vaccination coverage on the European continent, to raise awareness among health professionals and to work more closely with the European Commission on this issue.
Check the Coalition’s first press release in preparation of the 1st Global Vaccination Summit, co-organized by WHO and by the European Commission in Brussels: “New coalition for vaccination brings together healthcare professional”
CEOM strongly supports the first-ever World Patient Safety Day on 17 September 2019
18.09.2019On the first-ever World Patient Safety Day on 17 September 2019, the World Health Organisation launched a global campaign to create awareness of patient safety and urge people to show their commitment to making healthcare safer.
For more information : WHO Patient Safety Day website
CEOM implements the European Observatory on Violence Against Doctors
11.09.2019Objectives of the Observatory
On June 23rd 2017, the European Observatory on Violence Against Doctors was created on the initiative of CEOM President Dr. José Santos.
The European Observatory on Violence Against Doctors aims to:
- Gather objective data about the cases of violence (location, type of practice, type of violence, aggressor profile, etc.) in order to arrive at a correct evaluation of needs, followed by effective proposals for action
- Map of existing national mechanisms to adress these violence cases
- Give priority to an exchange of preventive tools, thereby opening the way to a sharing of experiences
- Take concrete measures with the adoption of an official position aimed at health professionals, the public and the authorities
Work Method
► A Working Group, animated by Dr. Roland Kerzmann as Rapporteur, with representatives from the European Association of Senior Hospital Doctors (AEMH).
External Communication
CEOM Secretary-General, Dr. Jean-François RAULT, published a presentation article on the Observatory on Violence Against Doctors in the 46th Edition of the Healthcare Professionals Crossing Borders (HPCB) Update (Winter 2019).
Interntional framewrok:
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The World Medical Association's Statement on Violence and Health has been recently revised by the 70th WMA General Assembly in Tbilisi (Georgia), in October 2019
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The World Medical Association's issued a Presse Release on the 28th of October 2019 regarding violence against doctors and Health Professionals, following a rising tide of violence reported from Central and South America, from India and Bangladesh, and from Germany. "Violence has become a significant public health challenge", said WMA President Dr. Miguel Jorge.
Meetings and presentations
2019
| 7 June | Tirana, Albania |
2018
| 30 November | Madrid, Spain |
CEOM Declaration on Violence Against Doctors and Health Professionals |
| 15 June | Timisoara, Romania |
Presentation of the Portuguese Medical Order by Dr. J. De Deus, FEMS President |
2017
| 8 December | Paris, France |
Presentation of the Spanish Observatory on Violence by Dr. J. M. Huerta |
| 23 June | Modena, Italy | Launch of the European Observatory on Violence by Dr. R. Kerzmann |
2016
| 2 December | Paris, France | Introductry presentation of the topic of Violence against doctors |
CEOM adopts a Declaration on Vaccination in Tirana
30.06.2019During the Plenary meeting in Tirana, the challenges of vaccination in Europe were the main topic of discussion. CEOM members adopted unanimously a Declaration on Vaccination that to encourage governments and competent authorities to improve vaccination coverage on the European continent, to raise awareness among health professionals and to work more closely with the European Commission on this issue.
European Medical Organisations’ Statement on Supporting Vaccination
20.12.2018European medical organisations, including CEOM, reaffirm that the prevention of communicable diseases through vaccination is safe and very effective. Immunisation through vaccination is the best protection we have against serious, even deadly, diseases. European medical organisations call on governments and legislators to assure that vaccination programmes are supported in the best interest of European citizens.
Find the Statement here : European Medical Organisations’ Statement on Supporting Vaccination
CEOM Statement on Violence against Doctors and Health Professionals - Madrid, November 2018
CEOM calls on all stakeholders to protect doctors and health professionals from all types of violence
30.11.2018On the basis of a survey of the situations existing in all European countries, the organizations participating in the CEOM adopted a statement condemning violence against doctors and health professionals. CEOM is urging governments and all concerned parties to be aware of the issue and to take all necessary measures to ensure access to quality care for all patients by protecting the freedom and safety of medical personnel and healthcare facilities.
CEOM supports the recognition of the Doctor-Patient Relationship as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity by UNESCO
30.11.2018CEOM supports and adheres to the initiative promoted by the Forum of the Medical Profession of Spaini and the Portuguese Medical Association to defend and strengthen the Doctor-Patient Relationship by requesting its recognition as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Culture Organization (UNESCO)
Download the Support Declaration here : CEOM proposal to recognise the Doctor-Patient Relationship as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity by UNESCO
CEOM updates its Deontological Guidelines in Madrid
30.11.2018In 2010, the CEOM decided to update the Principles of European Medical Ethics of 1987 by distinguishing between Ethics, meaning the moral thought which subtends action of what constitutes the Deontology, which is a codified concrete action inspired by moral thought. In June 2011, the European Charter of Medical Ethics was adopted. Since then, the CEOM participants draft Deontological Guidelines. In June 2013, the CEOM adopted its first Deontological Guidelines. These Guidelines have been updated in November 2018 during CEOM Plenary Meeting in Madrid.
Download CEOM Deontological Guidelines updated in Madrid here : CEOM Deontological Guidelines - Madrid 2018
CEOM adopts its Charter on Regulation of the European Medical Profession
30.11.2018Considering the importance of, and the need for, professional self-regulation of physicians, the European Council of Medical Orders (CEOM) adopted in Madrid the Charter on Regulation of the European Medical Profession. The purpose of medical regulation is to protect citizens, ensuring that medicine is practiced by qualified individuals, with credentials that certify their continuing professional competence, generating social trust in medicine.
Download the Charter here : CEOM adopts its Charter on Regulation of the European Medical Profession
Plenary meeting in Madrid hosted by the Spanish Medical Council
in spanish
29.11.2018Más de 40 representantes de 17 Órdenes Médicas se reúnen en el CGCOM para abordar las condiciones en las que se ejerce la Medicina en Europa
Más de 40 representantes de las 17 Organizaciones Médicas que integran el Consejo Europeo de Órdenes Médicas (CEOM) se reúnen a partir de hoy y por espacio de dos días en la sede del Consejo General de Colegios de Médicos (CGCOM) para abordar una amplia agenda de temas como las condiciones en las que se ejerce la Medicina en los diferentes países europeos
Fuente Medicos y Pacientes : http://medicosypacientes.com/articulo/mas-de-40-representantes-de-17-ord...
La crisis de la programación de los recursos humanos en el ámbito de la medicina, el acceso a la Atención Primaria durante los fines de semana o las noches, las nuevas contribuciones a la Carta Europea de Ética Médica, un nuevo estudio para el Observatorio Europeo de Demografía Médica, el Observatorio Europeo de la Violencia contra los Médicos, y la propuesta para apoyar la Relación Médico-Paciente como Patrimonio Inmaterial de la Humanidad de la UNESCO también forman parte del programa de este encuentro.
Por parte de España participan miembros de la Comisión Permanente del CGCOM, encabezados por su presidente, Dr. Serafín Romero, además del secretario gral. Dr. José María Rodríguez Vicente, delegado habitual del CEOM junto con el Dr. José Ramón Huerta, presidente del Colegio de Médicos de Soria.
HPCB's 42nd Update
Healthcare Professional Crossing Borders
06.07.2018Please find the link to the 42nd edition of the Healthcare Professional Crossing Borders (HPCB) Crossing Borders Update here.
In this edition we look at the European Commission's analysis of the European professional card and alert mechanism. We also hear from the British Medical Association (BMA) on its Keeping Europe Healthy event, and from the new Joint Tender entitled Support for the hEalth workforce planning and forecasting Expert Network (SEPEN). FEDCAR, CPME/CED and PGEU have also provided us with their views on the new Proportionality Test Directive.
Finally, we are pleased to announce that the next HPCB conference will be co-hosted by the Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) and the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI). More details are to come - don't forget to save the date on 4 February 2019 in Dublin, Ireland.
HPCB strives to contribute to patient safety by working together to promote effective collaboration of cross-border healthcare, and free movement of healthcare professionals.
The Crossing Borders Update is a tri-annual newsletter reporting on key policy news from the European Union and around the world, and outcomes of EU and international meetings and conferences.
CEOM welcomes the release of all members of the Turkish Medical Association
Physicians have a duty to alert governments to long-term health effects of armed conflict
06.02.2018CEOM learned with dismay the arrest for "treason" and Turkish Medical Associations leaders (TTB) on January 30th.
CEOM fully supports our Turkish colleagues in their public statement that war is a public health problem according to their ethical and humanitarian duties.
CEOM strongly denounces these attacks on freedom of expression, right to health and access to healthcare.
CEOM joins other international medical Associations such as WMA and CPME in calling on the Turkish Authorities to immediately release the TTB leaders, our physicians colleagues and support the following statement: https://www.wma.net/news-post/global-medical-bodies-in-joint-call-to-pre...
Modern Physicians' pledge approved by World Medical Association
16.11.2017A modern successor to the Hippocratic Oath for physicians around the world has been approved by the World Medical Association.
Physician leaders, meeting at the WMA’s annual General Assembly in Chicago, today approved revisions to the Declaration of Geneva, which was adopted by the Association in 1948.
Read here the full press release of the World Medical Association.
WMA Declaration of Geneva
Adopted by the 2nd General Assembly of the World Medical Association, Geneva, Switzerland, September 1948
and amended by the 22nd World Medical Assembly, Sydney, Australia, August 1968
and the 35th World Medical Assembly, Venice, Italy, October 1983
and the 46th WMA General Assembly, Stockholm, Sweden, September 1994
and editorially revised by the 170th WMA Council Session, Divo