SLIDE 1 Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment Belgium
Joint Action on Health Workforce Planning and Forecasting
OECD Expert Group on Health Workforce Planning
Paris, 17 September 2012
Lieve JORENS Work Package Leader WP1
SLIDE 2 Objective of today’s presentation
- Presentation of the Joint Action on European
Health Workforce Planning and Forecasting
SLIDE 3 Presentation of the Joint Action
OBJECTIVES
- 1. Improve data collection, especially on mobility, at EU level;
- 2. Increase capacity in HWF planning and forecasting, data collection and
analysis;
- 3. Estimate future needs in terms of skills and competences
- 4. Provide guidelines and stimulate action
- 5. Consolidate a network for HWF planning and forecasting.
Duration: 3 years Kick Off: December 2012
The JA will support and enable the EU and the MSs to have a better prepared European HWF for the future challenges
BENEFITS
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7 Work Packages
HU BG BE IT UK SK FI
Three horizontal work packages WP 1 Coordination WP 2 Dissemination WP 3 Evaluation Four core work packages WP 4 Data for HWF planning WP 5 Planning methodology WP 6 Horizon scanning WP 7 Sustainability
SLIDE 5 WP 4 – Data for HWF Planning
HU
- Create better understanding of terminology
- Provide updated information on migration and mobility
trends of the HWF
- Work towards a more effective monitoring of human
resources for health by providing information on data gaps and difficulties in collecting and using data for planning purposes.
Summary of the best practices and suggestions for good methods on data structures for HWFP
SLIDE 6 WP 5 – Planning methodology
IT
- Agreeing on minimum data requirements for quantitative
health workforce planning
- Review and assess EU existing quantitative workforce
planning methods and tools
- Define and try-out of guidelines on HWF planning
Guidelines to implement or improve health workforce planning practices
SLIDE 7 WP6 – Horizon scanning
UK
- Identification and classification of the various
methodologies used to do qualitative health workforce planning across MSs
- Estimation of future skills and competencies needed in
the health workforce over the next 20 years.
A toolkit outlining the methodologies used to estimate skills and competency needs of the future
SLIDE 8 WP 7 - Sustainability
BG
- Review the project objectives and results
in view of continuation and policy making
- Identify the partners, individuals and
- rganizations to continue the activities
and the format of the continuation for the after JA period.
A coherent plan for follow-up and policy making
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3 Horizontal Work Packages
BE SK FI
WP 1 - Coordination BELGIUM WP 2 - Dissemination SLOVAKIA WP 3 - Evaluation FINLAND
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Associated partners (16 countries, 8 stakeholders) BE, BG, DE, ES, FI, FR, HU, IS, IT, LT, MT, NL, PL, RO, SK, UK CED - Council of European Dentists - CPME - Standing Committee of European Doctors - EFN - European Federation of Nurses Associations - EHMA – European Health Management Association - HOPE - European Hospital and Healthcare Federation - PGEU - Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union - UEMS – European Union of Medical Specialist - UEMO - General Practitioners Collaborating partners (8 countries, 7 stakeholders, international organizations) CY, DK, IE, HR, LV, NO, SE, SI EPSU - European Federation of Public Service Unions - HOSPEEM - European Hospital and Healthcare Employers’ Association - EFPC - European Forum for Primary Care - Federal Planning Bureau (BE) - School of Public Health (BE) - IOM - International Organization for Migration - OECD - WHO Europe
Collaborations
SLIDE 11 Planning
- 09 27 2012 Work Pakcage Leader Meeting
- 09 28 2012 Eu Information Meeting
- 10 12 2012 New version of Joint Action Project Plan
- 12 01 2012 End of negotiations
- 12 13 2012 Kick Off
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Exchange of ideas
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Contact Information
Website http://www.euhwforce.eu/ (temporary) Email EUHWForce@health.belgium.be Joint Action Coordinator Michel Van Hoegaerden michel.vanhoegaerden@health.belgium.be WP 1 Leader Lieve Jorens Lieve.Jorens@health.belgium.be
