{"id":4976,"date":"2014-01-21T15:59:22","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T14:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efnweb.be\/?page_id=4976"},"modified":"2025-10-21T00:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:46:09","slug":"investing-in-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?page_id=4976","title":{"rendered":"Investing in Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The nurses\u2019 position on investing in health follows on from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/ec.europa.eu\/europe2020\/pdf\/ags2013_en.pdf%E2%80%8E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2013 Annual Growth Survey<\/a>, which recognises the contribution of health for a job-rich recovery, and establishes the role of health as integral component to the <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/europe2020\/europe-2020-in-a-nutshell\/index_en.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Europe 2020 strategy<\/a>. The Position Statement also strengthens the link between EU health policies and national health system reforms and presents the case for investments in a motivated and highly skilled nursing workforce, leading to sustainable health systems in the EU with a key focus on safety and quality.<\/p>\n<h5><strong><\/p>\n<p>Next EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EFN-Policy-Statement-on-the-Next-EU-MFF-October-2025.pdf\">EFN Policy Statement on the Next EU Multiannual Financial Framework<\/a> <em>(October 2025)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>European Global Health Strategy<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EFN-Policy-Statement-on-European-Global-Health-Strategy-April-2023.pdf\">EFN Policy Statement on European Global Health Strategy<\/a> <em>(April 2023)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>EU Care Strategy<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/EFN-Policy-Statement-on-European-Care-Strategy-Oct.2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Policy Statement <\/a><em>(October 2022)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>EU Recommendations on defining value in value-based healthcare<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Policy-Statement-on-EU-recommendations-on-defining-value-in-value-based-healthcare-22-10-2019.pdf\">EFN Policy Statement<\/a><em> (October 2019)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>European Pillar of Social Rights<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Policy-Statement-on-the-European-Pillar-of-Social-Rights-Final-April-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Policy Statement<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Position-Paper-on-the-European-Pillar-of-Social-Rights-Final-April-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Position Paper<\/a><em> (April 2018)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Value-Based Health and Social Ecosystem<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Policy-Statement-on-Value-Based-Health-and-Social-Ecosystem1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Policy Statement<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Position-Paper-on-Value-Based-Health-and-Social-Ecosystem1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Position Paper<\/a><em> (March 2017)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Investing in Health<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Policy-Statement-on-Investing-in-Health-FinalJan2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Policy Statement<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Position-Paper-on-Investing-in-Health.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Position Paper<\/a><em> (January 2014)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nurses\u2019 position on investing in health follows on from&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4976","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4881,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?page_id=4881","url_meta":{"origin":4976,"position":0},"title":"Executive Committee, 16 January 2014, Brussels","author":"efn efn","date":"December 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"MINUTES & APPROVED DOCUMENTS Minutes Executive Committee - 16 01 2014 EFN Manifesto for EU Elections 2014 EFN Activity Report 2013 EFN Policy Statement on Investing in Health EFN Position Paper on Investing in Health RCN Doc - \"Summary Anti Microbial Resistance and the Role of the Nurse\" POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":837,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?page_id=837","url_meta":{"origin":4976,"position":1},"title":"Workforce","author":"efn efn","date":"September 6, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Nursing is a global profession and the mobility of nurses is nothing new. 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