Health and care workforce in Europe: time to act
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Abstract
All countries of the WHO European Region currently face severe challenges related to the health and careworkforce (HCWF). This report focuses on identifying effective policy and planning responses to these HCWFchallenges across the Region. The report presents an overview of the HCWF situation in the Region (focusing onmedical doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists, pharmacists and physiotherapists, for whom data are available)and identifies relevant policy options, their expected benefits and potential facilitators or barriers to successfulimplementation. Examples of sound evidence-informed practices in countries are also provided. The aim of thereport is to describe the data, rather than to analyse. Data supplied by countries have been used, but in manycases these have been incomplete. It is expected that data will grow progressively in future. No data on informalhealth workers are included. The WHO Regional Office for Europe, working with stakeholders, will supportMember States’ efforts to strengthen their HCWF. It will continue to make the case for investment in the HCWFnot only to secure health gains, but also to achieve economic and social benefitsCitation
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. (2022). Health and care workforce in Europe: time to act. World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/362379. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO