ENMCA response to the EC regulated professions consultation
August 2016 – ENMCA response to the EC regulated professions consultation under Directive 2013/55/EU. Patient safety must be the ultimate consideration when assessing the proportionality of regulation in the healthcare sector therefore the ENMCA expresses some safeguards.
ENMCA Survey on the Registration / Licensing of doctors following long-term absence from medical practice
April 2016 - This survey, undertaken by the Cyprus Medical Council, shows the policies across Europe on the registration and licensing of doctors who have had a period of absence from medicine.
ENMCA Study on the Annex V and the length of specialty training
April 2016 - This round-breaking survey, led by the French Medical Council, examines the length of Annex V specialty training across the EU. The study found that training times vary considerably across Europe and in almost all member states, are longer than the minimum prescribed by the Annex.
ENMCA Position paper on Common training frameworks and tests
October 2015 – ENMCA's position paper on common training frameworks and tests introduced by the revised Directive 2013/55/EU. ENMCA notes the existence of voluntary training frameworks and tests that aim to raise standards of medical education across Europe and promote the exchange of best practise.
April 2015 – Third ENMCA Response to the updated Implementing Act - ENMCA's call to the national Coordinators and the European Commission to vote against the Implementing Act before the inclusion of some more clarifications before it is adopted.
March 2015 – ENMCA's response to the updated Implementing Act calls for the separation of the Implementing Act into two distinct pieces of legislation for the EPC and the IMI alert mechanism. Allowing for further scrutiny on the EPC without jeopardising the implementation of the alert mechanism