Launch of the Climate Change & Health Good Practice Awards

The overall objective of the competition is to collect and share good practices developed by local and regional health authorities on tackling climate change (mitigation of and adaptation to), and to use them to contribute to the EU and national climate change...

Patient safety consultation April – May

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on patient safety. The results of this will help in the development of the Commission’s proposal on general patient safety issues planned for the end of 2008. That proposal will address the important...

Mental health conference in preparation

More information is becoming available about plans for future EC mental health activities following some preparatory meetings. The objective of the conference on 13 June in Brussels is to launch a so-called European Pact for Mental...

New directive on road safety

The Commission has adopted a proposal for a Directive aimed at facilitating the cross-border prosecution of traffic offences which imperil road safety. Technical measures and legal instruments are to be put in place which will enable EU drivers to be identified and...

Global Health event

The Royal College of Physicians is organising a conference on ‘Global Health: Current Issues, Future Trends and Foreign Policy’ on the 29 April 2008. Drawing together experts from the clinical and policy worlds, this conference will explore the growing debate on...