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Action Plan for the EU health workforce Sectoral Dialogue Committee on Hospitals Caroline Hager European Commission Health and Consumers Directorate-General Healthcare Systems Unit Health and Consumers Employment Package Employment

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Action Plan for the EU health workforce

Sectoral Dialogue Committee on « Hospitals » Caroline Hager

European Commission Health and Consumers Directorate-General Healthcare Systems Unit

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Employment Package Employment Package “Towards a Job-rich Recovery”

Medium term agenda for EU to drive growth Boost jobs in green economy, ICT, and health care Action Plan for the EU Action Plan for the EU Health Workforce Health Workforce

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Action Plan for the EU health workforce

  • Health sector has high job potential even

during economic downturn:

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  • The sector accounts for 17 million of all jobs in

the EU and will remain key driver for jobs with an estimated 8 million job openings between 2010-2020.

  • Most jobs will require highly qualified

people (more than 5 million) while the need for medium qualified personnel will remain rather significant (around 3 million). Around 200 000 job openings will be for low qualified people.

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Action Plan for the EU health workforce

  • EU health systems: huge

challenges

  • Health sector under severe spending

constraints, rising demand with ageing population, ageing workforce

  • Healthcare delivery systems: innovative

solutions through organisational changes and new technologies, products

  • Importance of high quality and well

trained workforce to meet growing and changing demands of healthcare.

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Action Plan for the EU Health Workforce

  • Role of European cooperation: to

support and complement national efforts to tackle the challenges facing the EU health workforce

  • European Commission consultation with

stakeholders in the healthcare sector:

  • exchange best practice and

develop European networks

  • improve European data on the

health workforce

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Action Plan

Improve workforce planning Anticipate skills needs Recruitment and retention International ethical recruitment

Action Plan for the EU Health Workforce

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Action Plan

Improve workforce planning

Recruitment and retention Anticipate skills needs International ethical recruitment

  • European platform of Member

States and professional organisations by launching a three year EU joint action on workforce forecasting and planning;

  • Exchange of education and

training capacities in health professions in order to make best use

  • f existing capacities, mapping MS'

education and training capacities in health

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Action Plan

Improve workforce planning

Recruitment and retention Anticipate skills needs International ethical recruitment

  • Skills Council in area of nursing

and care: update competence profiles

  • Sector Skills Alliance to foster

partnerships between education/vocational training providers and healthcare employers.

  • Map continuous professional

development (CPD) systems and practices in the EU.

  • Network of Nurse Educators and

Regulators: recommendations for training of health care assistants

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Action Plan

Improve workforce planning

Recruitment and retention Anticipate skills needs International ethical recruitment

  • Share good practice to improve

recruitment and retention rates of health professionals (ageing workforce)

  • Social Dialogue for Hospital

Sector

  • Mapping study of innovative and

effective recruitment and retention strategies

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Action Plan

Improve workforce planning

Recruitment and retention Anticipate skills needs International ethical recruitment

  • Develop the EU response to

support Member States implementation of the WHO Global Code of Practice on international recruitment

  • Joint Action – data availability
  • n the mobility and migration of

health professionals

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Delivering the Actions

  • Enhanced cooperation between Commission,

MS, stakeholders, social partners

  • Improved coordination across policies
  • Maximise use of the European funds
  • Structural and Cohesion Funds
  • “Erasmus for All” – cross border education and

training

  • Health for Growth Programme 2014-2020
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Thank you!

Caroline.Hager@ec.europa.eu For further information: http://ec.europa.eu/health/workforce/mobility/index_en.htm