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Health sector hails EU vote on workforce crisis as ‘major step forward’

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The own-initiative report, 'An EU Health Workforce Crisis Plan: Sustainability of Healthcare Systems and Employment and Working Conditions in the Healthcare Sector', was approved by the Parliament's Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) and Public Health (SANT) committees today (3 June) and now heads to a plenary vote in July.

The report, led by MEPs Loucas Fourlas (EPP, Cyprus) and Ruggero Razza (ECR, Italy), warns that the European Union could face a shortfall of more than four million health and care workers by 2030 if decisive measures are not taken. It calls on the European Commission and Member States to develop a comprehensive strategy to strengthen recruitment, retention and workforce planning.

Healthcare organisations welcomed the committee vote as a crucial milestone. Paul De Raeve, Secretary General of the European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN), praised the report's focus on nursing shortages: “We need concrete actions, supported by all political parties, to address the enormous shortage of nurses in the EU” expressing hope the....

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