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– having regard to Articles 4(2, k), 6(a), 9, 45-48, 53, 153, 165, 166, 168(1) and 168(5) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

12 a. Recommends investing in reliable data and detailed empirical studies on the relationship between remittances, the cost of training healthcare professionals and positive and negative...

– having regard to WHO Regional office for Europe ’Report on the Pan- European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development – rethinking policy priorities in the light of pandemics’...

28. Calls on the Commission to coordinate regular monitoring and forward- looking projections of workforce supply and demand, building on modelling by the Joint Research Centre, OECD reports and...

– having regard to the Briefing requested by the SANT committee entitled ‘The Health workforce Crisis in the European Union (September 2025),

19 a. Encourages the EU and member states to better enshrine continuous professional development caused by changing medical and technological landscape in their legislative frameworks and link...

22. Stresses the need for improving human resources for health information systems that provide interoperable and standardised data on the mobility of healthcare professionals, the...

32. Insists that reforms respect the principle of subsidiarity and proportionality, while promoting coordination, cooperation and the exchange of good practice at EU level;

8 a. Calls for striking a balance between free movement of labour and the risk that medical deserts in EU and neighbouring countries will undermine Universal health coverage on the level of...

10. Supports the development of telemedicine and AI, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in- person care, to address healthcare...

6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental...

– having regard to SDG 3 of the UN resolution ‘Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ (2015),

15. Calls for the adoption of appropriate measures to implement the Professional Qualifications Directive in order to improve mutual recognition, in particular for general practitioners,...

– having regard to the European Commission Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health (2023),

14. Encourages fair labour mobility of HCWF within the EU, facilitated by the Professional Qualifications Directive; considers ethical international recruitment, in line with the WHO Global Code of...

9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to provide packages of financial and non-financial incentives for attracting and retaining...

– having regard to the WHO Europe Resolution on the Framework for action on the health and care workforce in the WHO European Region 2023–2030, (31 October 2023),

31. Calls for greater support for general practitioners, and primary care staff, public health professionals recognising their role in prevention, disease management...

D b. whereas national and pan- European actions to respond to HCWF related problems often remain poorly connected while effective governance and implementation strategies are ill developed or...

3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) improving retention and attraction by improving working conditions and pay, career...

L a. whereas health security concerns are very high among EU citizens, whereas the lack of health workforce is a threat for health security, whereas the Commission has announced the Crisis...

8 b. Calls on the Member States to ensure that, in addressing the unequal distribution of the healthcare workforce, (social) right of every healthcare worker in the EU to move to another...

F. whereas digitalisation and upgraded IT infrastructure can support the HCWF, relieve pressure on overstretched systems and improve access in underserved regions;

5. Calls for the adoption of psychological support programmes to address the high prevalence of depression and anxiety of healthcare workers in the EU and the...

18 a. Calls on source countries to improve the working conditions of their health workers to improve in-country retention and calls destination countries to improve HCWF planning, increase...

F a. whereas, under Article 4 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union shared competence between the Union and the Member States applies in areas of: (b) social policy, for the...

25 a. Supports the reorganization of services and patient pathways to optimize the existing health workforce;

8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies, encourages higher efficiency in using instruments like the...

1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long- term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data,...

13 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures to minimize brain waste caused by health professionals working in a low- or medium-skilled job positions, for which a...