PEME News

We are pleased to advise, the Blue Shield Medical Clinic (BSM) in Goa, India has recently been approved to the PEME Programme. 

The UK P&I Club PEME Programme team are pleased to congratulate Dr. AH Balaji of PEME approved clinic Balaji Medical Centre, Chennai, India on the successful completion of a Masters Degree in Maritime Health. 

Global Shipping Community honours Dr. Suresh Idnani at ILO - Geneva for “Outstanding Service to Seafarers’ Welfare” 12th December...

The Poliklinika Pro Vita clinc in Rijeka, Croatia recently gained ISO 9001 accreditation from Bureau Verita.  Poliklinika Pro Vita was audited by the classification society in September and its management system was...

The PEME Programme team recently travelled to Gdansk, Poland to audit a number of medical clinics for possible inclusion in the UK P&I Club PEME Programme network.  Further news and developments in respect of...

The UK P&I Club’s Pre-Employment Medical Examination (PEME) Programme is proving extremely successful with shipowners and managers and recently completed its 250,000th seafarer examination.

This handy fact sheet outlines the benefits and scope fo the UK Club's Pre Employmernt Medical Examination (PEME) programme as well as providing a list of countrieswhere a PEME approved clinc can be found. 

PEME Programme Director Sophia Grant and Medical Auditor, Dr. Sally Bell, recently travelled to Athens, Greece to audit clinics for possible inclusion in the UK P&I Club PEME Programme clinic network.  In...

As a regular feature we would like to highlight one of our lesser known PEME approved clinics.  This time the spotlight falls upon the Centros Medicos Creu Blanca located in Barcelona, Spain.The Creu Blanca...

During the course of our pre-employment medical examinations we have observed that a larger subset of seafarers, specifically those working in engine rooms have abnormal...