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 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 Health and Consumers
Action Plan for the EU health workforce Health sector has high job potential even during economic downturn: Health and Consumers
Action Plan for the EU health workforce 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. Health and Consumers
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. Health and Consumers
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 Health and Consumers
Action Plan for the EU Health Workforce Action Plan Improve workforce Anticipate skills planning needs Recruitment and International retention ethical recruitment Health and Consumers
Action Plan Improve European platform of Member workforce States and professional organisations planning by launching a three year EU joint action on workforce forecasting and planning; Anticipate skills needs Exchange of education and training capacities in health Recruitment professions in order to make best use and retention of existing capacities, mapping MS' education and training capacities in International health ethical recruitment Health and Consumers
Action Plan Skills Council in area of nursing Improve and care: update competence profiles workforce planning Sector Skills Alliance to foster partnerships between education/vocational training Anticipate providers and healthcare employers. skills needs Map continuous professional Recruitment development (CPD) systems and and practices in the EU. retention Network of Nurse Educators and Regulators: recommendations for International ethical training of health care assistants recruitment Health and Consumers
Action Plan Improve Share good practice to improve workforce planning recruitment and retention rates of health professionals (ageing workforce) Anticipate skills needs Social Dialogue for Hospital Sector Recruitment and Mapping study of innovative and retention effective recruitment and retention strategies International ethical recruitment Health and Consumers
Action Plan Improve workforce planning Develop the EU response to support Member States implementation of the WHO Anticipate Global Code of Practice on skills needs international recruitment Recruitment Joint Action – data availability and on the mobility and migration of retention health professionals International ethical recruitment Health and Consumers
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 Health and Consumers
Thank you! Caroline.Hager@ec.europa.eu For further information: http://ec.europa.eu/health/workforce/mobility/index_en.htm Health and Consumers
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