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Council conclusions on investing in Europe's health workforce of tomorrow — Scope for innovation and collaboration
Council conclusions on investing in Europe's health workforce of tomorrow — Scope for innovation and collaboration
Council conclusions on investing in Europe's health workforce of tomorrow — Scope for innovation and collaboration
IO C 74, 8.3.2011, p. 2–3
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
8.3.2011 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 74/2 |
Council conclusions on investing in Europe's health workforce of tomorrow — Scope for innovation and collaboration
2011/C 74/02
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
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RECALLS that under Article 168 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Union action is to complement national policies and be directed towards improving public health; it is also to encourage cooperation between the Member States in the field of public health and, if necessary, lend support to their action, and fully respect the responsibilities of the Member States for the organisation and delivery of health services and medical care; |
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RECALLS that under Article 168 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Member States are to, in liaison with the Commission, coordinate among themselves their policies and programmes; |
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RECALLS the Council conclusions of 2 June 2006 on common values and principles in European Union Health Systems, which notably point to the need to ensure the accessibility and delivery of high-quality, safe and evidence-based care; |
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RECALLS the Commission's Green Paper on ‘the European workforce for health’ of 10 December 2008 and the Report on the open consultation on the Green paper on the European workforce for health of 15 December 2009, which identified the pressing issue of the current and future shortage of health workers, in particular specialist doctors and nurses; |
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RECALLS the Commission Communication ‘Europe 2020, a strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’ of 3 March 2010, wherein seven flagship initiatives are put forward, including ‘An agenda for new skills and jobs’, aiming to create conditions for modernising labour markets with a view to raising employment levels and ensuring the sustainability of our social models, and ‘Youth on the move’; |
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RECALLS the WHO Global Code of Practice adopted at the World Health Assembly of 21 May 2010, which serves as an ethical framework to guide Member States in the recruitment of health workers; |
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WELCOMES the Ministerial Conference ‘investing in Europe's health workforce of tomorrow: scope for innovation and collaboration’, held in La Hulpe on 9-10 September 2010, which underlined the need to develop appropriate initiatives to invest in sufficient, motivated and well-skilled health professionals in order to protect the viability and accessibility of the health systems; |
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UNDERLINES that the growing number of major and chronic diseases, the ageing of the population and of the health workforce, the changing needs of patients and of the health systems, the increasing mobility of patients and health care professionals, scientific progress and the emergence of new technologies pose key challenges for all Member States, and require innovative approaches for the health workforce of the future; |
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RECOGNISES the interdependency between Member States in the field of human resource policies of the health care sector, especially as regards the mobility of health care professionals; |
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INVITES Member States to:
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INVITES Member States and the Commission to:
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INVITES the Commission to:
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