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Welcome to the pages of the
EU Joint Action on Health Workforce
Planning & Forecasting

This Joint Action aims to improve the capacity for health workforce planning
and forecasting by supporting European collaboration


first portal

Handbook on HWF Planning Methodologies

A collection of good practices and theoretical examination of the HWF planning across 7 EU countries.
second portal

The Future Health Workforce second portal

Planning for the future health workforce across Europe including the skills and competences implications.
thirdt portal

Practical Toolkit for Health Workforce Planning

Practical collection of tools addressing major topics in health workforce planning (adaptable for different country environments and facilitating the implementation of minimal steps to enable improvement)

Latest News and Press Releases

30

June

2016

Our contribution to the June issue of HPCB Newsletter

Healthcare Professionals Crossing Borders (HPCB) is an informal partnership of professional healthcare regulators from within Europe working collaboratively on a range of regulatory issues. HPCB produces a regular e-newsletter which focuses on work in progress, regulatory developments in Europe, and information about their participants. Joint Action Health Workforce regularly contributes to the newsletter with the latest updates, events and news. Check on the latest issue of HPCB newspaper by clicking on read more.

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12

December

2016

Call for tender concerning the support for health workforce planning and forecasting expert network now open

Dear associated and collaborating partners, Dear European Commission and Chafea representatives, Dear all, in our previous communication we have informed you about the upcoming launch of Call for tender N° Chafea/2016/Health/18 concerning the support for the health workforce planning and forecasting expert network funded under the EC Health Programme 2016. The tender is out now […]

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18

May

2016

The Final Convene on the Pilot Project Italy

This conference is the final event of the Italian Pilot Project on the estimation of the future needs for healthcare professionals. The project focused on pharmacist, nurses, doctors, dentists and midwives and it was coordinated by the Italian Ministry of Health (DG Health Professions and Human Resources of the National Health Service) as part of the Joint Action Health Workforce Planning and Forecasting. The aim of the conference is to debate on the future challenges of health workforce planning in Italy, starting with the pilot project results and the experiences developed during the Joint Action. The Minister of Health Beatrice Lorenzin will open the Conference. Read more about the event.

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