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March

2021

EU HEALTH WORKFORCE NETWORK UPDATE 10TH EDITION

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February

2021

Highlights of SEPEN

SEPEN is glad to announce the official launch of SEPEN final results, including the findings of the mapping study of national health workforce planning and policies.

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10

February

2021

Recording and documents of the EU4Health webinar held on the 22 January

High level webinar

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20

January

2021

EU4Health Programme 2021-2027 A vision for a healthier European Union 22 January 2021, 10:00 – 12:00 CET

Join the webinar, SEPEN will be presented in the breakout session

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15

December

2020

“The Specialist Nurse in European Healthcare towards 2030” – ESNO conference

Online event on: 24-26 February 2021

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03

December

2020

Coming together to identify health-workforce needs in small countries

WHO: Micro case studies on human resources for health

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02

December

2020

Short video of the SEPEN closing event

Watch our short summary video!

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01

December

2020

SKILLS FOR HEALTH: UP- AND RE-SKILLING FOR A SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY

EuroHealthNet conference on the 3rd December 2020

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November

2020

EUREGHA’s 2020 High-level Annual Conference

9 December 2020; 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm CET

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November

2020

2021 designated as the International Year of Health and Care Workers

WHO

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23

November

2020

Who academy – Revolutionizing lifelong learning in health

A revolution is underway in adult learning

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20

November

2020

Healthy Health Workforce: The Benefits of Covid in HWF Planning at #INHWELive

INHWE Live event on Wednesday 25th November 2020

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19

November

2020

IPE for Capacity Building in Digital Health

EFMI Webinar – Thursday 19th November 2020 at 02:00 PM CET

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19

November

2020

State of Health in the EU: The European Commission and the OECD release ‘Health at a Glance: Europe 2020’

Today, the European Commission and the OECD are launching their joint publication ‘Health at a Glance: Europe 2020’, kicking off the third round of the State of Health in the EU cycle. The 2020 edition of Health at a Glance: Europe provides an in-depth analysis of European countries’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic using the latest data available. As most European […]

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16

November

2020

Online conference on ‘Doctors going digital: How to future-proof skills’

Join this interesting event on the: 20 November 2020, 9.00h-12.00h

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05

November

2020

EU HEALTH WORKFORCE NETWORK UPDATE 9TH EDITION

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04

November

2020

SEPEN Closing event – Report and summary video of our Closing event

We are pleased to share with you the summary report and video of the Closing event of SEPEN joint tender, held on 28 October 2020 summarizing the achievements of the past years and explore opportunities for future EU level cooperation in initiatives for health workforce planning.   Find the short report: here Please, watch our […]

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03

November

2020

SEPEN Closing event 28 October 2020 – Presentations

If you have missed our Closing event on the 28th of October 2020 or you would like to recall the presented results of SEPEN please, find below the presentations of the SEPEN Consortium members:   The community of the SEPEN Expert network – Sarada Das, Standing Committee of European Doctors: http://healthworkforce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CPME_Closing_event_28102020.pptx.pdf   Results of the […]

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02

November

2020

Report -Webinar 11 on: Supply=demand? How to optimise HWF planning baselines?

We are pleased to share with you the summary report and the recording of the 11th webinar of SEPEN joint tender, held on 2 September 2020, with the focus on: Supply = demand? How to optimise health workforce planning baselines   Find the short report: here   Find the recording: here

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01

November

2020

Report -Webinar 10 on: Mapping national HWF planning and policy in the EU

We are pleased to share with you the summary report of the 10th webinar of SEPEN joint tender, held on 24 July 2020, with the focus on: Mapping national health workforce planning and policy in EU: where do we go from here?   Find the short report: here

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October

2020

SEPEN closing event – don’t miss it!

SAVE THE DATE: 28 October 2020, 13.00h-15.00h (Brussels time)

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09

October

2020

Mental health: time to invest in quality

The Lancet

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07

October

2020

Campaign for nurses

12 May 2020 – 12 May 2021

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06

October

2020

Report -Webinar 9 on: What are the prelininary lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic for HWF planning?

We are pleased to share with you the summary report of the 9th webinar of SEPEN joint tender, held on 17 June 2020, with the focus on:   What are the preliminary lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic for health workforce planning?   Find the short report: here Please, find the recording of the webinar: here

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September

2020

The 70th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe

Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge: ” There is no health without the health workforce.”

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September

2020

Mental health and our health and care workforce

Webinar series of WHO Europe

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31

August

2020

Join us on Wednesday!

SEPEN Webinar on the 2nd of September, 14:30 CEST

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24

August

2020

Save the date! The next sepen webinar is approaching

Wednesday 2 September 2020, at 14h30 (Brussels time)

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20

July

2020

Mapping national health workforce planning and policies: where do we go from here? -webinar on the 24th July

Click for agenda and details

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14

July

2020

Next webinar of sepen : 24 July 2020

Mark in your calendars: 24 July, 14:30 Brussels time

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23

June

2020

SEPEN Workshop goes digital

Technical workshop in three parts

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15

June

2020

EUPHA midterm conference

18-19 June 2020

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11

June

2020

SEPEN webinar on COVID: 17 JUNE

Technical details

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08

June

2020

EU HEALTH WORKFORCE NETWORK UPDATE 8TH EDITION

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03

June

2020

Save the date – SEPEN webinar in June

The next webinar is approaching!

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28

May

2020

Workshop 4 – Short report

Click to read the report

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13

May

2020

WHO marks International Days of Midwives and Nurses with new publications

Two new studies from WHO

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06

May

2020

Short report of the 8th webinar of SEPEN

Available now on our website

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07

May

2020

New WHO tools launched to help hospitals manage surge in COVID-19 patients

A tool for planning health workforce

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06

May

2020

Report -Webinar 8 on: The impact of Brexit on health workforce planning

We are pleased to share with you the summary report of the 8th webinar of SEPEN joint tender, held on 18 March 2020 focusing on:   The impact of Brexit on health workforce planning   Find the short report: here Please, find the recording of the webinar: here

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05

May

2020

Health and safety of health workers in COVID-19

An important survey from the WHO and ILO

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22

April

2020

Building response capability to emerging health needs with IPE

Two truly interesting video presentations from INHWE LIVE

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14

April

2020

INHWE Live event today!

Leadership and Management during a crisis – presenter: Adam Layland

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08

April

2020

WHO survey to support Health Workforce trainings to fight Covid 19

Fill out the quick anonymous survey to assist the WHO

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07

April

2020

State of the World’s Nursing Report – 2020

Investing in education, jobs and leadership

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March

2020

Deatils on the upcoming webinar – join us tomorrow

Wednesday 18 March 2020, 14.00 – 15.00 CET, Brussels time

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16

March

2020

EU HEALTH WORKFORCE NETWORK UPDATE 7TH EDITION

Our latest Newsletter is available now!

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16

March

2020

The Director calls for continually invest in health

Investing in health requires investing in health workforce

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16

March

2020

SAVE THE DATE – SEPEN webinar on impact of Brexit on health workforce planning

18 March 2020 (Wednesday) at 14.00-15.00h

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27

February

2020

New publication on impact of health workforce demographics on Sustainable Development Goals

Health workforce demography

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13

February

2020

Tailored advice and guidance update

Professional help for Member States in the field of health workforce planning and policy

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12

February

2020

SEPEN workshop in Leuven

Livestreaming available

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04

February

2020

Evaluation of SEPEN communication tools

Survey on SEPEN communication activities

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30

January

2020

Did you miss our last webinars?

Summary reports are available

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13

January

2020

2020 is the WHO International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife

“Once in a generation opportunity”

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10

December

2019

Report -Webinar 7 on: The digital transformation and digital skills of the HWF

We are pleased to share with you the summary report of the seventh webinar of SEPEN joint tender, held on 5 December 2019 focusing on: The digital transformation and digital skills of the health workforce. Short report: 7th webinar of SEPEN   Presentations in the webinar: Ms Linda Keane Mr Clayton Hamilton

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03

December

2019

EXPERT CONSULTATION FOR WORKSHOP 5

SEPEN joint tender is organising its fifth workshop in Spring 2020

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November

2019

SAVE THE DATE – SEPEN webinar on digital transformation and digital skills

5 December 2019, 15.00h

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13

November

2019

EUPHA shares update on past and future activities on health workforce policy

12th EHP Conference in Marseille 20-23 November 2019

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04

November

2019

Report -Webinar 6 on: Health workforce planning in international politics

We are pleased to share with you the summary report of the sixth webinar of SEPEN joint tender, held on 29 October 2019 focusing on: Health workforce planning in international politics 6th webinar of SEPEN

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October

2019

EU HEALTH WORKFORCE NETWORK UPDATE 6TH EDITION

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October

2019

Join us for a new SEPEN webinar! ‘Health workforce planning in international politics’

Tuesday 29 October 2019, 15.00 16.00 CET, Brussels time

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October

2019

SAVE THE DATE – SEPEN webinar on health workforce planning in international politics

Join us on the 29th of October 2019 at 15h00!

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September

2019

30 September 2019, EU Health Programme High Level Conference in Brussels

Click for webstreaming link

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September

2019

Europe reviews decade of public health progress, and plans for the future at WHO annual meeting

WHO Regional Committee for Europe 69th session in Copenhagen

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16

September

2019

Summary report of SEPEN 4th webinar

Read the webinar report or watch it again!

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18

July

2019

Report – Webinar 5 on: Health workforce mobility

The recording of the event is also available

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17

July

2019

Health Workforce Research Alert

A National Study of the Practice Characteristics of Women in Dentistry and Potential Impacts on Access to Care for Underserved Communities

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27

June

2019

Webinar 5 – Join us on the 5th of July

‘Health workforce mobility – next steps’ webinar

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17

June

2019

EHMA in full swing!

The 2019 annual conference started this morning in Espoo

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14

June

2019

SAVE THE DATE! SEPEN Webinar on the 5th of July

TOPIC: Health workforce mobility

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20

May

2019

Challenges in Health Workforce Planning: Caring for a Healthy Health Workforce

An exciting publication on the mental health and well-being aspect of health professionals

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02

May

2019

European Public Health WEEK 13-17 May 2019

Raising awareness of public health and celebrating healthy populations!

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30

April

2019

WHO: Two new reports provide insights into the current state of gender equity in the health workforce

Status of the current state of gender inequality in the health workforce

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17

April

2019

EU HEALTH WORKFORCE NETWORK UPDATE 5TH EDITION

Our April Newsletter is available now!

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10

April

2019

Workshop 4 – EXPERT CONSULTATION FOR WORKSHOP 4

Share your opinion with us!

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08

April

2019

Public Health Panorama

The latest edition of Public Health Panorama has been published in March 2019

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02

April

2019

Report -Webinar 4 on: Interprofessional education for future HWF collaboration

Video recording of the event also available now

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April

2019

The benefit of EU action in health policy: The record to date – Study

This study provides a non-exhaustive overview of the added value
achieved so far through European Union (EU) action in the field of
health policy.

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March

2019

Webinar 4 – Upcoming SEPEN Webinar on the 29th March 2019, 11:00-12:00 CET Brussels time

SEPEN Joint Tender is organising its fourth webinar on:

Interprofessional education for future health workforce collaboration

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March

2019

Report – Webinar 3 on: Ethical recruitment of health professionals

We are pleased to share with you the link to the recording of the third webinar of SEPEN , held on 14 December 2018.   The report with the presentations is also available on the below link.   Webinar 3 report   Webinar 3 video  

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March

2019

Call for Abstracts The 3rd Economics of the Health Workforce Conference 2019 Sunday, July 14, 8:30am-4:30pm Basel, Switzerland

Abstract deadline: March 18, 2019

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12

March

2019

New publication on labour market change and the international mobility of health workers

This working paper explores the migration and mobility of health workers. It summarises the international health care labour market, and discusses policy options to respond to a growing need for health workers.

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February

2019

HPCB conference – Mobile professionals, safe patients -conference materials online

The 11th annual HPCB meeting for healthcare professional regulators took place in Dublin, Ireland on 4 February 2019   The conference brought together 120 representatives from over 65 competent authorities, professional bodies, educators and government across Europe.   The organizers uploaded conference materials on the website, you can find the link below.   Please, be […]

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February

2019

Workshop 3 – Livestream on the workshop: Health workforce mobility matters Aggregated data and individual pathways hidden behind

SEPEN joint tender is organising its third workshop on:
“Health workforce mobility matters Aggregated data and individual pathways hidden behind”
14-15 February 2019, Budapest

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January

2019

Evaluation of communication tools

In the frames of SEPEN Joint Tender  it is particularly important to reach and regularly update experts involved in the Network in the field of health workforce planning and forecasting.

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January

2019

2nd European conference of Health Workforce Education & Research. 9th – 10th January 2019, Dublin

International Network for Health Workforce Education – 2nd European conference of Health Workforce Education & Research. 9th – 10th January 2019, Dublin

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04

January

2019

The December edition of the “EU Health Workforce Network Update” is available

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12

December

2018

Report – Webinar 2 on: Fostering development of national/regional HWF planning

We are pleased to share with you the link to the recording of the second webinar of SEPEN , held on 26 September 2018. The report with the presentation is also available on the below link.   Watch the webinar here   Read the brief report here  

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December

2018

Webinar 3 – Save the date! Upcoming SEPEN webinar – Friday 14 December 2018, at 11.00h

Dear experts,   we invite you to Save the Date for the next SEPEN webinar, which will take place on Friday 14 December 2018, at 11.00h (Brussels time). This time, we will be focussing on the ethical recruitment of health professionals and are looking forward to hearing from Ms Gabrielle Jacob, Programme Manager for the […]

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November

2018

Pre-conference: Working together for a people-centred health workforce

The “Working together for a people-centred health workforce” pre-conference is organised by the EUPHA Section on Health workforce research, TO-REACH Project, in collaboration with ASPHER, EHMA, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, and WHO Regional Office for Europe.   The aim of the event is to: enhance opportunities for building capacity across stakeholder organisations […]

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November

2018

Workshop 2 – Video Keynote Speeches SEPEN Workshop “Dialogue on key health workforce planning data definitions”

On the 29th and 30rd of October, 2018, the SEPEN-consortium organized the workshop “Dialogue on key health workforce planning data definitions” in Budapest, Hungary.

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06

November

2018

Workshop 3 – Consultation on the upcoming SEPEN workshop topic is open now

In order to find the most relevant and interesting topic in terms of mobility data, input from the experts of this field is warmly welcome. The consultation poll is open now and opinions are expected until the end of this week (11th of November) Please, fill out the form and help to find the best […]

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10

October

2018

The October edition of the “EU Health Workforce Network Update” is available

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08

October

2018

Health workforce was touched up on in the declaration of G20 Meeting of Health Ministers, October 4th, Mar del Plata, Argentina

On 4 October 2014, G20 Health Ministers issued a joint declaration on concrete health policy proposals. Agreed in Mar del Plata (Argentina) by delegates of G20 member and guest countries, the document considers health a key aspect for sustainable development and calls for strengthening health systems, always from a gender perspective.

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September

2018

Healthcare professionals stand together to foster patient safety

The burden of illness and health cost is increasing across the globe, and Europe is not immune from this trend. Today, medication errors, unsafe clinical facilities, or practices, a lack in adequate training and workforce resources, huge mobility and uncertainty of staff at local level, as well as low cooperation in and coordination in care, […]

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September

2018

The September edition of the “EU Health Workforce Network Update” is available

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September

2018

Second webinar of SEPEN -SAVE THE DATE

Fostering development of national/regional health workforce planning – webinar 26 September 2018, 11h00-12h00

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27

August

2018

European Health Forum – Gastein 3-5 October 2018

Health and Sustainable Development
Bold political choices for Agenda 2030

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July

2018

Policy brief Nurse retention – July 2018

There is growing recognition that the achievement of health systems objectives, including sustaining effective delivery of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC), requires an adequate and effective nurse workforce. This includes dimensions of effectiveness related to access to quality services, which in turn requires effective retention and geographic distribution of scarce nursing skills, within a sustainable […]

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July

2018

Webinar 1- Link to the SEPEN expert network launch webinar, 11 July 2018

We are pleased to share with you the link to the recording of the SEPEN expert network launch webinar, held on 11 July 2018. A report with the presentations is also available in the below link. Watch the webinar here Read the brief report here

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July

2018

Toolkit for a sustainable health workforce in the WHO European Region

The toolkit is aimed at policy-makers, human resources for health (HRH) planners and professionals, and other stakeholders, such as education institutions and those implementing policy.

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10

July

2018

Call for online consultation – To-Reach project explores research priorities in the area of health services and systems

Join the To-Reach online consultation and share your thoughts about research priorities in the area of health services and systems. The aim of the consultation is to use inputs into a research agenda for research funding bodies at national and European level, to identify key research questions that are tailored to the needs of stakeholders […]

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03

July

2018

Webinar 1 – SEPEN expert network launch webinar, 11 July, 11.00h

We are pleased to invite you to the launch webinar of the SEPEN expert network. Join us on 11 July 2018 at 11.00h CEST for an introduction to SEPEN, a presentation of the online EU Health Policy Platform and a lively discussion. Please find the agenda of the webinar and all technical access details below. […]

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25

June

2018

Captain Planning summarized your votes – updates from EHMA conference

An interactive poll “Vote for Health Workforce” was executed at the Health Workforce island in the Health Lab with participants who visited the SEPEN exhibition at the 34th edition of EHMA annual conference.

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June

2018

Captain Planning at EHMA Budapest Conference

SEPEN is present at EHMA 2018 Conference starting today in Budapest. Captain Planning is dedicated to guide you through the health workforce planning challenges. Come and find us at EHMA!  

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12

June

2018

European Health Management Association (EHMA) conference in Budapest – 20-22 June 2018

On 20-22 June 2018 the European Health Management Association (EHMA) will host its annual conference in Budapest. This year’s event is entitled Making it Happen’ and will focus on policy implementation. On Friday 22 June there is a session to dedicated to Health Workforce: Parallel thinking & ” In conversation”‘ which will include the presentation of […]

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June

2018

Workshop 1- The first SEPEN Workshop was held in Brussels on 6-7 February 2018

On 6 and 7 February 2018, experts came together in Brussels for a workshop on Planning for health professions: how to act on skills needs. The multidisciplinary group of participants comprising workforce planners, workforce strategists, health professions’ representatives, experts in education policy, national policy-makers, chronic disease patients’ organisations, and representatives of the OECD and European […]

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May

2018

Workshop on health workforce projects supported by ESI Funds for Health

On 17 May 2018, the joint tender evaluating the ESI Funds for Health programme organised a workshop focussing on projects supporting the health workforce financed by ESI funds in the past years. The meeting of experts from across Europe reflected on the policy context, such as the Support for the health workforce planning and forecasting […]

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18

May

2018

Cancer Nursing Education Framework was launched in May

European Cancer Nursing Day 2018 is calling for high-level recognition of the unique contribution of cancer nursing across Europe

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09

May

2018

Workshop 2- Let’s explore the most thought-provoking issues to address!

Consultation is still open – DEADLINE: 27 May

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08

May

2018

The April edition of the “EU Health Workforce Network Update” is available

The “Support for the health workforce planning and forecasting expert network” published the April edition of the tender’s newsletter entitled “EU Health Workforce Network Update”. The newsletters aim to report on the activities undertaken in the framework of the joint tender supported by the Health programme of the EU, and to include latest developments on […]

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04

May

2018

Health care for the people by the people

The Health Workforce Planning Committee of the European Health Parliament designed policy recommendations on Health Workforce Planning that focuses on two major issues on both the European and the national level. Firstly, the problem of surpluses and shortages of a number of professions in certain countries. Secondly, the continuous professional development, namely, policy makers need to […]

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20

April

2018

Conference on workforce innovations for better performing health systems in Europe

The Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical – Universidade de Nova de Lisboa is organizing a conference on workforce innovations in Lisbon, Portugal on 3 and 4 May 2018.

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20

March

2018

Workshop 1- Video summary of the first workshop of our tender

We gladly share with you the short video summary of the first workshop of our tender.

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05

February

2018

Workshop 1 – Follow our first workshop online

In the framework of the Joint Tender “Support for the health workforce planning and forecasting expert network”, we organise a workshop entitled “Planning for Health Professions

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02

February

2018

New paper on the achievements of the Joint Action on European Health Workforce Planning and Forecasting

A new paper on the achievements of the Joint Action on European Health Workforce Planning and Forecasting has been published lately in the Health Policy journal.

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25

January

2018

Interim Newsletter January 2018

The “Support for the health workforce planning and forecasting expert network” published the January 2018 interim edition of the tender’s newsletter entitled “EU Health Workforce Network Update”. The newsletters aim to report on the activities undertaken in the framework of the joint tender supported by the Health programme of the EU, and to include latest […]

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04

January

2018

The first edition of the “EU Health Workforce Network Update” is available

The “Support for the health workforce planning and forecasting expert network” published the first edition of the tender’s newsletter entitled “EU Health Workforce Network Update”. The newsletters aim to report on the activities undertaken in the framework of the joint tender supported by the Health programme of the EU, and to include latest developments on […]

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12

December

2017

Call for interest to receive tailored advice in health workforce planning has been opened

The “Support for the health workforce planning and forecasting expert network” published a “Call for interest” for EU Member States to receive tailored advice and guidance in health workforce planning.

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20

November

2017

Fourth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health

The fourth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health – “Building the health workforce of the future” took place at the Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, Ireland on 13-17 November 2017. The forum provided a key opportunity for the global community of health workforce experts to discuss how to ensure an adequate, fit for purpose and […]

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28

November

2017

Welcome to the “EU Health Workforce Network Update”

We would like to introduce you the latest news regarding EU-level activities in health workforce planning. A new tender entitled “Support for the health workforce planning and forecasting expert network” was launched in September 2017 funded by the Health Programme of the European Union. Building on the previous work of the Joint Action on European […]

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