Search Tag: health workers

Executive Health Management

Bucharest-declaration-promises-to-protect-support-invest-in-health-workers

2023 13 Apr

A newly adopted bold declaration urges political action and commitment to protect, support and invest in health and care workers across Europe and central Asia.   Representatives from 50 Member States of the WHO European Region are joining forces with health workers, their unions and associations, along with academics and experts to support this...Read more

Executive Health Management

Malta-launched-a-national-health-workforce-strategy-for-the-first-time

2022 19 Dec

Malta has recently launched an ambitious strategy to tackle the shortage of health workers, while addressing the much-needed opportunities to train and retain staff, and fill the gap in their professional development.   Immigrants comprise an important share of the country’s health care workforce.  As nearly 7% of all health workers and 11% of...Read more

Executive Health Management

Hospital-leaders-provision-of-childcare-can-be-a-game-changer

2021 21 Jun

Workforce shortages are an issue faced by many hospital leaders. Implementing four basic child care policies in your institution, could be a game-changer when it comes to retaining workers - especially women, according to a recent article published in  Harvard Business Review (HBR). During the pandemic, women have been disproportionately...Read more

Executive Health Management

Mind-the-gap-tackling-staff-shortages

2019 23 Jul

A shortage of health workers is not just a problem of the developed, wealthy countries which often have to stretch their healthcare resources to meet the demands of growing elderly populations. The problem is prevalent in most countries of the world. In India, for example, there is a shortage of over 3.9 million doctors and nurses.   In addition...Read more