{"id":19094,"date":"2025-07-18T13:18:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=19094"},"modified":"2025-07-18T13:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:25:12","slug":"european-parliaments-joint-empl-sant-own-initiative-report-on-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=19094","title":{"rendered":"European Parliament\u2019s Joint EMPL-SANT Own-Initiative Report on Workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week, the EFN attended the first joint EMPL-SANT committee session, that launched the work on the <strong>Joint EMPL-SANT Own-Initiative (INI) Report on <em>\u2018An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector\u2019<\/em><\/strong>. The co-rapporteurs and co-shadow rapporteurs took this opportunity to express their political priorities and exchange views with the European Commission DG SANTE and DG EMPL representatives, who will be in charge of implementing the recommendations as set out in the INI Report, once voted by the European Parliament Plenary in March 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The co-rapporteurs Loucas Fourlas<em> (EPP, Cyprus, EMPL Co-Rapporteur)<\/em> and Ruggero Razza <em>(ECR, Italy, SANT co-rapporteur) <\/em>stressed the need to propose solutions to the problems starting from needs and requirements. For Loucas Fourlas the priority is to ensure that the appropriate number of patients is assigned to each nurse (Safe Staffing Levels), as well as addressing mental health and burnout through support programmes, and ensuring the mobility of healthcare professionals within the EU whilst tackling the issue of brain drain. He believes that we need to move away from subsidiarity, enabling the EU to take swift and concrete action to tackle the health workforce shortages. For Ruggero Razza, it is important that the EU facilitates coordination of Member States\u2019 action, and that we find solutions to enable the Member States to use the funds from the <a href=\"https:\/\/european-social-fund-plus.ec.europa.eu\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European Social Fund+<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/regional_policy\/funding\/available-budget_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cohesion Policy Funds<\/a> for health workforce capacity building and development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the huge shortage of healthcare professionals, it is more than time to act! We must invest in the workforce, and make sure to focus on what is really needed: improved attractiveness, improved working conditions, Safe Staffing Levels, and prevention of occupational psychosocial risk factors, as mentioned by Tilly Metz <em>(the Greens, Luxembourg, SANT shadow)<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EFN will <a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=19014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continue lobbying<\/a> for a very concrete report that tackles the core issues affecting the nursing workforce, ensuring that it leads to real improvements.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the EFN attended the first joint EMPL-SANT committee&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19095,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19813,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=19813","url_meta":{"origin":19094,"position":0},"title":"The EP EMPL-SANT Committee Endorsed the INI Report on the EU Health Workforce with a strong majority!","author":"efn efn","date":"June 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The European Parliament EMPL-SANT Committees have endorsed the Own-Initiative Report (INI) on \u201cAn EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector.\u201d, developed by Co-Rapporteurs Ruggero Razza (SANT, ECR, Italy) and Loucas Fourlas (EMPL, EPP, Cyprus), with a strong majority of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Latest News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Latest News","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-04-at-11.21.46.jpeg?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-04-at-11.21.46.jpeg?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-04-at-11.21.46.jpeg?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-04-at-11.21.46.jpeg?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-04-at-11.21.46.jpeg?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19014,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=19014","url_meta":{"origin":19094,"position":1},"title":"CPME-EFN-PGEU Joint Statement on the European Parliament EMPL-SANT Joint Own-Initiative Report on the European Healthcare Workforce","author":"efn efn","date":"May 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"As the European Parliament EMPL and SANT Committees are starting to work on a Joint Own-Initiative (INI) Report \u2018an EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector\u2019, EFN, together with CPME and PGEU, is officially launching a joint statement, which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Latest News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Latest News","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Picture1.jpg?fit=903%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Picture1.jpg?fit=903%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Picture1.jpg?fit=903%2C667&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Picture1.jpg?fit=903%2C667&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19967,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=19967","url_meta":{"origin":19094,"position":2},"title":"The European Parliament Plenary Endorsed the Own-Initiative (INI) Report on the EU Health Workforce","author":"efn efn","date":"September 17, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Europe\u2019s healthcare workforce is essential to the resilience and sustainability of its health systems. 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