An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector

Tabled by Elisabeth Dieringer, Roman Haider, Gerald Hauser, Georg Mayer, Petra Steger, Harald Vilimsky, Gerolf Annemans, Barbara Bonte, Tom Vandendriessche, Jaroslav Bžoch, Klara Dostalova, Jaroslav Knot, Ondřej Knotek, Tomáš Kubín, Jana Nagyová, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Antonín Staněk, Majbritt Birkholm, Mathilde Androuët, Christophe Bay, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Laurent Castillo, Marie Dauchy, Valérie Deloge, Mélanie Disdier, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Angéline Furet, Jean-Paul Garraud, Catherine Griset, France Jamet, Virginie Joron, Fabrice Leggeri, Julien Leonardelli, Thierry Mariani, Aleksandar Nikolic, Philippe Olivier, Gilles Pennelle, Pascale Piera, Pierre Pimpie, Julie Rechagneux, André Rougé, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Rody Tolassy, Matthieu Valet, Alexandre Varaut, Séverine Werbrouck, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Tamás Deutsch, Csaba Dömötör, Viktória Ferenc, Kinga Gál, Enikő Győri, András Gyürk, György Hölvényi, András László, Ernő Schaller-Baross, Pál Szekeres, Annamária Vicsek, Paolo Borchia, Susanna Ceccardi, Anna Maria Cisint, Aldo Patriciello, Silvia Sardone, Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Vilis Krištopans, Anna Bryłka, Tomasz Buczek, Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, António Tânger Corrêa, Tiago Moreira de Sá, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Jorge Martín Frías, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Hermann Tertsch, Jordan Bardella

Added: 29a. Believes that a sustainable solution to the healthcare workforce crisis depends on making healthcare professions more attractive; calls on the Member States to develop ambitious policies regarding initial and continuing education, the improvement of working conditions, the prevention of psychosocial risks and burnout, workplace safety, work-life balance, job stability and fair compensation; emphasises that retaining professionals who are already in the workforce is just as important a priority as recruiting new staff; emphasises that measures to address shortages of healthcare personnel must be based primarily on national policies for training, retention and career advancement, rather than on an increasing reliance on international recruitment; reiterates that each Member State must retain control over its health policy and the management of its healthcare workforce, while the EU’s actions must remain complementary and be based on the principle of subsidiarity;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE788.248