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Directorate-General for Health & Consumers

Directorate-General for Health & Consumers. The Health Workforce – a European Issue Elizabeth Kidd. The Health Workforce – A European issue. Why is the health workforce a European issue? What can we do at the European level?. Why is the health workforce a European issue? (1).

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Directorate-General for Health & Consumers

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  1. Directorate-General forHealth & Consumers The Health Workforce – a European Issue Elizabeth Kidd

  2. The Health Workforce – A European issue • Why is the health workforce a European issue? • What can we do at the European level?

  3. Why is the health workforce a European issue?(1) • Freedom of movement of health professionals in the internal market • Member States‘ primary responsibility of the organisation and delivery of health services and medical care; • Internal market provides for free movement of health professionals; • Health professionals‘ mobility can ensure safe, high quality and efficient healthcare throughout the EU; • Consolidated and modernised framework directive on the recognition of professional

  4. Why is the health workforce a European issue? (2) • Regional disparities in the EU • Mobility of health professionals is a challenge for some regions and specialities within the EU – shortages in one part of Europe have an impact elsewhere; • Ageing of health workforce combined with the ageing of EU population exacerbates the problem; • Demand for health professionals from outside the EU raises ethical issues

  5. Why are health professionals a European issue? (3) • Lack of comparable data on health professionals • Europe-wide information on the number of health professionals, their specialisations, and their distribution is important for planning and providing health services for all health authorities throughout the EU; • Compatible European data is essential for the development of evidence based policies at the EU level

  6. Why is the health workforce a European issue? (4) • Differences between Member States in health professional education, training, recruitment standards,retention, ongoing professional development, and monitoring • Difficulties in comparing health workers' professional abilities and qualities; • Concerns about the quality and safety of care that different health professionals provide; • Barriers for free movement of health professionals and their expertise within the EU.

  7. What can we do at the EU level? • Shared evidence base for collective response to common challenges – improving monitoring and statistical system through available funding (EU, OECD, WHO); • Sharing good practice - learning from each others’ experience • Support from the structural funds - training and re-skilling of health professionals, in particular for under-developed regions.

  8. What next? • The Commission's Annual Policy Strategy for 2008 provides for a Green Paper on health professionals which is planned for publication towards the end of 2008.

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