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White paper on how to solve Europe's health workforce crisis

In a new white paper, we call on all EU Member States to move away from international competition for health workers, and instead take united action to enable health workers across Europe to deliver high-quality healthcare to all EU citizens. read the full article

Infographic: guiding questions to better understand health worker migration in Europe

Our new infographic shows a set of guiding questions for researchers and policymakers, to better understand the underlying factors of health worker migration in Europe and ultimately steer health workforce policy and improve access to healthcare. read the full article

Infographic: where are Europe’s health workers going?

Our new infographic shows where Europe's health workers are going and how the European Commission can improve access to healthcare by strengthening and standardizing data on health worker mobility. read the full article

Book launch: A European Health Union - a blueprint for generations

How can the European Union ensure equal access to health workers, while freedom of movement and health worker migration are a given? This is one of the questions discussed by project lead Corinne Hinlopen and Prof. Annette Schrauwen (University of Amsterdam) in their book chapter in the new book ‘A European Health Union'. read the full article

Calling for commitment to investing in health workforce at European Health Forum Gastein

In many countries in Europe, the interest in recruiting health workers from outside the European Union is increasing. While these countries benefit from recruiting these health workers, they should invest in their own health workforce. This was one of the main messages of project lead Corinne Hinlopen at European Health Forum Gastein. read the full article

Insights on health worker mobility in Romania broadcasted on Radio Romania International

The 4th Conference of the Romanian Network for Migration Studies (RoMig), held in Bucharest on September 7-8, featured a presentation of our research on Romanian healthcare worker migration and mobility. During the conference, Alexandra Deliu (researcher for the Research Institute for Quality of Life and collaborator of Pillars of Health partner Center for Health Policies […] read the full article

Position paper on the international recruitment of health workers for the Netherlands

There are traditionally low numbers of foreign-born, foreign-trained health workers in Dutch healthcare. But Dutch healthcare workforce shortages are becoming more and more severe, and since Covid-19, this situation is compounded by labour shortages in the economy as a whole. There have been pilots with the recruitment of international health workers in the early ‘00s, […] read the full article

Watch back: webinar on missing pieces of health worker mobility data in Europe

The international mobility of health workers in Europe can enhance their career prospects and working conditions, and present solutions to health worker shortages in some countries. However, the geographical maldistribution of health workers between European ‘sending’ and ‘receiving’ countries is one of the risks that come with this international mobility. Data collection and monitoring of... read the full article

Webinar on 13 June: exploring the missing pieces of health worker mobility data in Europe

The international mobility of health workers in Europe can enhance their career prospects and working conditions, and present solutions to health worker shortages in some countries. However, it is important to be mindful of the potential drawbacks, such as the geographical maldistribution of health workers between European ‘sending’ and ‘receiving’ countries. This poses a t... read the full article

New video: the European health workforce crisis is a shared responsibility

Due to health workforce shortages in many European countries, many citizens in Europe do not have access to the right care from a skilled and motivated health worker. In our new video, we call on European policymakers to approach the European health workforce crisis as a joint concern and shared responsibility, and to support its […] read the full article