Alerts about previous fitness to practice sanctions, a “professional card” for doctors and
language competency criteria are among measures proposed by the European Commission …

This chapter aims at providing an insight into some major aspects linked to migration of
medical doctors within Europe. The article describes main factors which contribute to …

The free movement of European citizens to live and work within the European Union (EU) is
one of the fundamental pillars of the European single market. Recent EU legislation on the …

The European Commission has presented a proposal which aims to facilitate the mobility of
health professionals through the use of new e-government tools, such as the European …

Background Traditional top-down national regulation of internationally mobile doctors and
nurses is fast being rendered obsolete by the speed of globalisation and digitisation. Here …

Freedom of movement is one of the European Union's greatest promises and, increasingly,
doctors and patients are making liberal use of that freedom. In the United Kingdom, for …

The current proposals to update the European Union (EU) directive on professional
qualifications will have potentially important implications for health professions. Yet those …

This paper reviews procedures for ensuring that physicians in the European Union (EU)
continue to meet criteria for registration and the implications of these procedures for cross …

This policy brief is one of a new series to meet the needs of policy-makers and health system
managers. The aim is to develop key messages to support evidence-informed policy-making …

Abstract In 1974, the European Economic Community established mutual recognition of
medical qualifications obtained in any of its member states. Subsequently, a series of …