European Patients Forum, logo.

Securing Young Patient Advocacy in Times of Multiple Crises

EPF Barometer

The EPF Barometer on the Involvement of Patient Organisations in Health Policy at National Level is a first-of-its-kind initiative developed to assess how patient organisations are involved in health policymaking across Europe.

Amplifying Patient Advocacy on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

Understanding Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and its impact on patients. The AMR Info Point is dedicated to providing extensive resources on AMR. Our goal is to improve awareness and understanding of AMR among patient communities.

HTA Info Point

Patient Involvement in Health Technology Assessment (HTA)

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is a systematic evaluation process used to assess the properties, effects, and impacts of health technology. This includes not just medical devices and equipment, but also drugs, medical procedures, and broader healthcare policies and systems.

Knowledge Hub on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

The AI Knowledge Hub is dedicated to help patient organisations and other interested stakeholders to better engage in debates, projects and initiatives on AI in healthcare, both at national and European levels.

WHAT WE DO

Policy and advocacy, icon

Policy and advocacy

EPF is active in a number of policy areas to ensure that patients' views are incorporated into the EU policy agenda. We develop campaign and advocacy strategies

Projects icon

Projects

EPF has been active in various health-related EU projects over the past few years both as a leader or associate partner to gather patient-related evidence based information

Capacity building icon

Capacity building

The Capacity Building Programme was designed in 2012 to respond to needs and concerns which have been identified by our membership during previous activities of EPF.

NEWS AND UPDATES

02/11/26 EVENTS PATIENT EMPOWERMENT PATIENT INVOLVEMENT

Digital Omnibus: Preserving patient agency and rights

The European Patients' Forum (EPF) calls for the Digital Omnibus proposal to preserve patients' rights, protect sensitive health data and maintain strong safeguards for digital healthcare.

14/10/26 EVENTS PATIENT EMPOWERMENT PATIENT INVOLVEMENT

Adoption of the 2026 EU4Health Work Programme

Today, the third draft of the 2026 EU4Health Work Programme (WP) presented by the European Commission was adopted by Member States.

12/10/26 EVENTS PATIENT EMPOWERMENT PATIENT INVOLVEMENT

Patients are at the heart of health systems. Why are they still on the margins of decision-making?

A new opinion piece by Petra Varkonyi, Cosima Lenz, Yann Heyer and Claudia Louati calls for patient involvement to be embedded systematically in European health research and policymaking.

Visit the newspage

Upcoming events

Visit the Events page

Interested in becoming a member?

As your advocate, EPF provides many benefits to its members. We represent our members' voice at the European level on cross-cutting health issues.

Our team