{"id":11702,"date":"2019-10-01T16:22:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T14:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efnweb.be\/?p=11702"},"modified":"2019-10-01T16:22:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T14:22:09","slug":"efn-open-letter-to-new-commissioner-designate-for-health-stella-kyriakides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=11702","title":{"rendered":"EFN open letter to new Commissioner-designate for Health Stella Kyriakides"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN) extends is warmest welcome to the new Commissioner-designate for Health, the Cypriot\u00a0Stella Kyriakides<\/a>. We wish them all the success in the upcoming term bringing forward the EU’s healthcare systems and facing the challenges that these are facing at the moment.<\/p>\n

The EFN is also looking forward to the closest cooperation possible with the new Commissioner-designate. As we represent 3 million nurses in the EU and about 6 million in the whole of Europe, it is key that the nursing profession is taken on board for reforming our healthcare systems towards something more sustainable, inclusive, and efficient.<\/p>\n

Nurses shortages are across Europe continue persisting and are not being efficiently tackled. Nurses are a central pillar in the well-functioning of our healthcare systems. They are the healthcare professionals that expend most time at the bedside with the patient, always at the frontline, 24h a day, 7 days a week. Therefore, the right transposition of\u00a0Directive 2013\/55\/EU<\/a>, and in particular its article 31 (outlining the set of 8 competences general care nurses should have) is a key political priority for the EFN and its members. The new Commissioner-designate should monitor this closely. Finally, there are other topics such as\u00a0value-based healthcare<\/a>, the\u00a0digitalisation of healthcare<\/a>, and\u00a0primary care<\/a>, in which we would also like to have to work together to ensure that these move forward in a direction that is beneficial for the nurses and the patients alike.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the new Commission-designate should align herself with the\u00a0World Health Organisation<\/a>, that has declared 2020 as the “year of the nurse and the midwife<\/a>“. This goes in parallel with the\u00a0Nursing Now Campaign<\/a>, of which the EFN is the regional leader for Europe. These initiatives are very important for strengthening the role and importance of the nursing profession.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the EFN would like to remind the new Commission-designate, as well as all stakeholders interested in healthcare, that the two Horizon 2020-funded projects on Electronic Health Records (namely,\u00a0InteropEHRate\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0Smart4Health<\/a>) continue making progress. These two projects just had their last plenary meetings in Piraeus, Greece (InteropEHRate<\/a>) and Lisbon, Portugal (Smart4Health<\/a>). Latest developments were discussed, as well as several action points for the upcoming months. The EFN is also actively participating in another Erasmus+ funded project, called\u00a0Qualment<\/a>, that is addressing the clinical mentor\u2019s lack in nursing education and developing the clinical mentor\u2019s competence with mentor education for national and international nursing students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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