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Shortages and safety: WHO/Europe proposes eight steps to help fix Europe’s nursing crisis

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Unsafe nurse staffing is putting patients at risk and accelerating burnout across the WHO European Region, according to a new policy brief from World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe).

Evidence consistently shows that when staffing levels fall below safe thresholds, patient harm increases and nurses face higher levels of stress, injury and mental ill-health. Safe nurse staffing means ensuring the right number and mix of appropriately educated and supported nurses are in place to deliver safe care in a specific workplace or environment.

In 2022, WHO/Europe warned that health workforce shortages were a “ticking time bomb,” projecting a shortfall of nearly one million health workers by 2030. Across several European Union member states, worsening...

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