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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