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Draft report (2025/2062(INI)) 2025-11-05

An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Committee on Public Health

Amendment 240

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Calls for an exemption of healthcare spending, including in areas of wage increases and recruitment costs, from EU fiscal rules.

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Amendment 241

Maria Zacharia

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph -1 (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	-1. Stresses that health is a fundamental social right and a public good that cannot be subject to the rules of the market; calls for the prevention of any kind of privatisation or commoditisation of health services and the promotion of public, non-profit and universally accessible structures;

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Amendment 242

Tomislav Sokol, Adam Jarubas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;	1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive and long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic, technological and epidemiological trends focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update comprehensive national health workforce strategies covering all stages of the professional lifecycle, from education and recruitment to retention, continuing professional development and late-career engagement;

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Amendment 243

Nikos Papandreou, Romana Jerković, Christophe Clergeau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;	1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies; recommends the European Commission supports EU Member States in agreeing benchmark minimum standards for hospital staffing and the establishment of a patient-to-doctor quota to prevent staff overwork would enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and mental well-being, while reducing errors and strengthening overall healthcare system performance;

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Amendment 244

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;	1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; Notes that workforce shortages extend across all parts of the health ecosystem, impacting not only doctors and nurses but also paramedics, psychologists, and other essential professionals and support staff who sustain the delivery of care; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies with particular attention to underserved regions and those with less developed health infrastructure;

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Amendment 245

Maria Zacharia

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;	1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive and socially just long-term European health workforce action strategy, prioritising public funding, universal access and stronger labour rights and collective agreements; considers that such a strategy should aim for the immediate and definitive elimination of precarious forms of employment and the privatisation of health services; considers that the strategy should take account of demographic and technological trends, and focus on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;

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Amendment 246

Kateřina Konečná

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;	1. Considers that the EU should establish in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better working conditions, data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure accessible, affordable, sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems which guarantee high-quality healthcare for all; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;

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Amendment 247

Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Nikola Bartůšek, Ondřej Knotek, Valérie Deloge, Viktória Ferenc, Pál Szekeres, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;	1. Considers that the EU should urgently support the Member States in their long-term national health workforce action strategies, in so far as these latter address the major challenges facing the sector, align with demographic and technological trends, and focus on better data, skills and innovation; notes that this support from the Union will help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;

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Amendment 248

Estelle Ceulemans, Gabriele Bischoff, Marc Angel, Idoia Mendia, Alicia Homs Ginel, Marit Maij, Isilda Gomes, Romana Jerković, Klára Dobrev, Evelyn Regner, Marianne Vind

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;	1. Underlines that the HCWF crisis has still not received the priority it urgently needs and that major challenges remain; considers that the EU should urgently develop a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on shortages, skill gaps, better working conditions, training, employment mobility, better data and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies; calls on the Commission to discuss this strategy with the EU social partners and professional bodies;

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Amendment 249

Giorgos Georgiou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;	1. Considers that the EU should urgently develop a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems which also provide fair, safe and motivating working and training environments for healthcare professionals; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies; calls on the Commission to discuss this strategy with the EU social partners and professional bodies and present this strategy within the next 12 months to the Parliament and Council.

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Amendment 250

Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Jana Toom, Stine Bosse, Hristo Petrov, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;	1. Considers that the EU should urgently put forward a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; highlights the importance for Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies and calls on the Commission to monitor labour shortages by health professions and across regions as well as national policies and investment to train sufficient health professionals;

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Amendment 251

Pascal Arimont

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;	1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies, including long term action plans to address shortages within the healthcare workforce and implement national standards and benchmarks on cancer workforce staffing;

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Amendment 252

Viktória Ferenc, Pál Szekeres, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Ondřej Knotek

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;	1. Considers that the Union should urgently support Member States in their long-term national action strategies for healthcare workers, provided that these strategies address the major challenges facing the sector, take into account demographic and technological trends as well as the available European patents to develop, and focus on improving data, skills and innovation. Notes that this EU support will help Member States to ensure sustainable and patient-centred health systems; calls on Member States to adopt and regularly update their national strategies;

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Amendment 253

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;	1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies; including long term action plans to address shortages within the health workforce and implement national standards and benchmarks on workforce staffing;

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Amendment 254

Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Marta Temido, Nikos Papandreou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;	1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, balance of healthcare workers within the EU, to help Member States ensure sustainable, trusted and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies in line with cooperation and coordination at the EU level;

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Amendment 255

Christine Anderson, Petar Volgin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;	1. Encourages Member States to develop their own health workforce action strategies aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems;

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Amendment 256

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;	1. Considers that the EU should urgently develop a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems, which also provide fair, safe and motivating working and training environments for healthcare workforce; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;

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Amendment 257

Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;	1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better working conditions, data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure accessible, affordable, sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems which guarantee high-quality healthcare for all; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;

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Amendment 258

Miriam Lexmann, David Casa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;	1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems, solve the brain drain from healthcare sector and attract young people to the profession; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;

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Amendment 259

Marta Temido, Romana Jerković, Victor Negrescu, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Pierre Jouvet, Nikos Papandreou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;	1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive, inclusive and adaptative long-term European health workforce strategy, aligned with demography, epidemiology, gender and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills, and innovation to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;

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Amendment 260

Liesbet Sommen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic and technological trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;	1. Considers that the EU should urgently support a comprehensive long-term European health workforce action strategy aligned with demographic, technological and care delivery trends, and focused on better data, skills and innovation, to help Member States ensure sustainable and patient-centred healthcare systems; calls on the Member States to adopt and regularly update their own national strategies;

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Amendment 261

Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Jana Toom, Stine Bosse, Hristo Petrov, Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	1 a. Highlights that labour shortages in the health sector have created an unsustainable ratio between patients and healthcare professionals, leading to serious consequences for both professionals and patients, such as shorter consultation times, longer waiting lists and overloaded healthcare systems, overcrowded emergency services, increased mental health issues among professionals, reduced time for preventive care and a general decline in the quality of healthcare services;

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Amendment 262

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	1 a. Calls for the establishment of a European action programme to address the shortage of nurses and other health and care professionals; stresses that Member States should cooperate rather than compete for scarce health workforce resources, and that joint European measures are needed to improve recruitment, retention, training, and working conditions across the Union; underlines that coordinated action is key to ensuring equitable access to quality healthcare in all Member States;

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Amendment 263

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	1 a. Recognises that around half of European junior doctors work more than 55 hours per week, 20% of junior doctors work more than 70 hours a week according to latest survey findings1a — far beyond the maximum legal limit of 48 hours set by the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) — highlighting persistent challenges in ensuring compliance with EU labour standards and protecting staff wellbeing;
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	1a REST-JD Report, Research on European Junior Doctors' Satisfaction and Working time, 2025

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Amendment 264

Kateřina Konečná

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	1 a. Underlines the need for a comprehensive and adequately funded health budget in the 2028–2034 Multiannual Financial Framework, ensuring the development and implementation of a long-term European health workforce strategy, addressing shortages in the healthcare workforce and ensuring that health systems across the Union are sustainable, resilient and accessible;

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Amendment 265

Ruggero Razza, Michele Picaro, Carlo Ciccioli, Laurence Trochu, Francesco Torselli, Chiara Gemma

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	1a. Calls on the Commission to support Member States in addressing healthcare workforce challenges through evidence-based tools, voluntary cooperation, exchange of best practices and targeted funding, without imposing new binding obligations or harmonised requirements on staffing levels at EU level;

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Amendment 266

Aurelijus Veryga

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	1 a. Calls for the implementation of integrated workforce strategies at both national and European levels, aimed at aligning educational capacities with healthcare system needs and ensuring that all Member States have a sufficient number of adequately trained healthcare professionals;

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Amendment 267

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	1 b. Calls for the development and implementation of comprehensive measures to prevent burnout and support the mental health and wellbeing as well as job satisfaction of health and care workers, including ensuring adequate staffing levels, fair remuneration, safe and flexible working conditions, access to psychosocial support and counselling, and the systematic integration of mental health promotion and prevention programmes within workplaces;

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Amendment 268

Aurelijus Veryga

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	1 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the collection and use of reliable data on health workforce capacity and working conditions; underlines that measures to address workforce shortages and improve working conditions should be based on scientific data, ensuring the long-term sustainability and effectiveness of healthcare systems;

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Amendment 269

Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Jana Toom, Stine Bosse, Hristo Petrov, Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	1 b. Deplores the fact that difficulties in accessing affordable and quality formal care lead to overreliance on informal care or undeclared work having short to long-term consequences on women, not least in terms of level of employment, pay and pension, as well as work-life balance;

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Amendment 270

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	1 b. Underlines that recent findings1b show a sharp contrast in work–life satisfaction among junior doctors, with 60% of those working more than 48 hours per week reporting dissatisfaction, compared with only 26% among those working within the legal limit;
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	1b REST-JD Report, Research on European Junior Doctors' Satisfaction and Working time, 2025

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Amendment 271

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	1 c. Encourages Member States to develop a plan to gradually reduce the gap between working hours in practice and the limits set by the European Working Time Directive (EWTD), to promote fair, safe, and supportive training and working conditions for junior doctors, and to improve data collection and monitoring on burnout and work–life balance within the junior medical workforce;

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Amendment 272

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	1 d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to treat junior doctors as an essential part of workforce planning and to co-create targeted initiatives that ensure safe and supportive working environments, provide high-quality training programmes with adequate supervision and mentorship, promote transparent career pathways, guarantee fair remuneration, and strengthen mutual trust, respect and mental wellbeing in the workplace;

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Amendment 273

Tomislav Sokol, Adam Jarubas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment including the establishment of evidence-based safe-staffing benchmarks, workload controls and nurse-to-patient ratios, particularly in high-acuity settings, for example intensive care units (ICUs) and catheterisation labs, and integrating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), for instance 'door-to-balloon time' for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) into monitoring frameworks, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; underlines that effective workforce planning requires strong interministerial coordination, involving health, education, labour, finance and demographic authorities, to ensure that education systems, funding mechanisms and labour market policies are coherent and responsive to national and regional health needs; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

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Amendment 274

Pascal Arimont

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, that includes measures to relieve the physical, psychological, and administrative burden faced by healthcare workers, including the establishment of evidence-based safe-staffing benchmarks, workload controls and nurse-to-patient ratios, particularly in high-acuity settings, for example intensive care units (ICUs) and catheterisation labs, and integrating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), for instance 'door-to-balloon time' for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) into monitoring frameworks, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including physical and psychological safety standards, health system efficiency threshold, minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators as well as efficiency indicators;

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Amendment 275

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Underlines that safe staffing levels, good working conditions and the right number and combination of healthcare professionals with the right skills and competencies to care for patients effectively is essential for patient safety, quality of care and staff well-being; Calls on the Commission to propose an EU framework legislation on safe staffing levels for all categories of healthcare workers, anchored in patient well-being and safety outcomes, and the diversity of health system models across Member States; calls on the Member States to adopt adequate national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum, consultation times for both the patient and the carer; based on social dialogue and evidence, encourages at the same time, that the Member States to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

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Amendment 276

Francesco Torselli, Chiara Gemma, Georgiana Teodorescu, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Lara Magoni

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, including the establishment of evidence-based safe-staffing benchmarks, workload controls and nurse-to-patient ratios, particularly in high-acuity settings, for example intensive care units (ICUs) and catheterisation labs, and integrating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), for instance 'door-to-balloon time' for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) into monitoring frameworks, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

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Amendment 277

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks a European level initiative on Safe Staffing levels for healthcare workers and professionals, including binding nurse-to-patient ratios and the recognition of unsafe staffing levels as an occupational risk for workers; anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences, autonomy of social partners, and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt and implement national Safe Staffing legislation frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing initiatives approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

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Amendment 278

Estelle Ceulemans, Gabriele Bischoff, Marc Angel, Idoia Mendia, Alicia Homs Ginel, Marit Maij, Isilda Gomes, Romana Jerković, Klára Dobrev, Evelyn Regner, Marianne Vind

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment for all occupational groups, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt and implement national Safe Staffing Levels legislations thereafter; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national safe staffing legislations based on evidence, clinical context, social dialogue and collective agreements, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

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Amendment 279

Stine Bosse, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Billy Kelleher

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU framework legislation on Safe Staffing Levels for all healthcare workers and professionals with stipulated minimum nurse-to-patient ratios, defining and recognising unsafe staffing levels as an occupational hazard for healthcare workers and professionals as well as patients, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences, autonomy of social partners and the diversity of health system models across the Union; calls on the Member States to adopt and implement national Safe Staffing Levels legislation for healthcare workers and professionals as the next step; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national safe staffing legislation based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

Or. en

Amendment 280

Viktória Ferenc, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Pál Szekeres, Ondřej Knotek

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Takes note of the possibility for the Commission to propose a Council recommendation establishing common principles for safe and high-quality staffing models, based on patient safety outcomes and a risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; invites Member States to subsequently adopt national models that are appropriate for them, accompanied, where necessary, by minimum staffing levels and minimum consultation times; agrees, at the same time, that Member States should retain the necessary flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing policies, taking into account available data, the clinical context and social dialogue as well as available automation and technology supported and developed by the European funds and research projects, while ensuring transparency in reporting on quality and safety indicators;

Or. en

Amendment 281

Liesbet Sommen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences, the diversity of health system models and the need for flexibility for health organisations to adapt to labour-market realities without compromising quality of care or patient safety; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context, workforce planning priorities and social dialogue, ensuring proportionate and transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

Or. en

Amendment 282

Ruggero Razza, Michele Picaro, Carlo Ciccioli, Laurence Trochu, Aurelijus Veryga, Francesco Torselli, Chiara Gemma

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times sufficient to ensure adequate assessment and care of increasingly complex and demanding patients, where applicable in light of the expansion of treatment options; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

Or. it

Amendment 283

Kateřina Konečná

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including safe staffing thresholds and adequate consultation times; recognises, at the same time that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement, and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent report on quality and safety indicators;

Or. en

Amendment 284

Raffaele Topo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises that such minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times should be sufficient to ensure adequate assessment and management of increasingly complex and demanding patients, where applicable in light of the expansion of treatment options; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

Or. it

Amendment 285

Giorgos Georgiou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU framework legislation on Safe Staffing Levels for all healthcare workers and professionals including nurses, with stipulated nurse-to-patient ratios, recognising unsafe staffing levels as an occupational hazard for healthcare workers and professionals, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences, autonomy of social partners and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt and implement national Safe Staffing Levels legislations thereafter; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national safe staffing legislations based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

Or. en

Amendment 286

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including safe staffing thresholds and adequate consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and mutual agreements with professional and patient organisations, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

Or. en

Amendment 287

Marianne Vind

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU framework legislation on Safe Staffing Levels for all healthcare workers and professionals with stipulated nurse-to-patient ratios, recognising unsafe staffing levels as an occupational hazard for healthcare workers and professionals, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences, autonomy of social partners and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt and implement national Safe Staffing Levels legislations thereafter; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national safe staffing legislations based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

Or. en

Amendment 288

Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Jana Toom, Stine Bosse, Hristo Petrov, Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators, calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation and effects of such staffing frameworks in the context of the European Semester;

Or. en

Amendment 289

Laurent Castillo, Isabelle Le Callennec

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation on healthcare workforce shortages setting out common causes and possible solutions to be developed at European level, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; recognises that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

Or. fr

Amendment 290

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, that includes measures to relieve the physical, psychological, and administrative burden faced by healthcare workers, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

Or. en

Amendment 291

Nikos Papandreou, Romana Jerković, Christophe Clergeau, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Marta Temido

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, that includes measures to relieve the physical, psychological, and administrative burden faced by healthcare workers anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

Or. en

Amendment 292

Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, which reinforce gender equality, take into account family reconciliation and are also anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

Or. es

Amendment 293

Maria Zacharia

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, at the same time making provision for social dialogue and the participation of trade union organisations, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

Or. el

Amendment 294

Miriam Lexmann, David Casa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including identification of the most understaffed specialisations and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

Or. en

Amendment 295

Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Nikola Bartůšek, Ondřej Knotek, Valérie Deloge, Viktória Ferenc, Pál Szekeres, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Notes the possibility that the Commission might propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt the corresponding national frameworks thereafter, including if necessary minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

Or. fr

Amendment 296

Marta Temido, Romana Jerković, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter by defining staffing ranges; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

Or. en

Amendment 297

Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including minimum staffing thresholds and minimum consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;	2. Calls on the Commission to propose a Council recommendation setting out common principles for safe and high-quality staffing frameworks, anchored in patient safety outcomes and risk-based assessment, while fully respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models; calls on the Member States to adopt national frameworks thereafter, including safe staffing thresholds and adequate consultation times; recognises, at the same time, that the Member States retain the flexibility to define, implement and regularly review national staffing approaches based on evidence, clinical context and social dialogue, ensuring transparent reporting on quality and safety indicators;

Or. en

Amendment 298

Giorgos Georgiou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	2 a. Underlines the need for a comprehensive and adequately funded health budget in the 2028–2034 Multiannual Financial Framework, ensuring the development and implementation of a long-term European health workforce strategy, addressing shortages in the healthcare workforce and ensuring that public health systems across the Union are quality, sustainable, resilient and equally accessible to all.

Or. en

Amendment 299

Giorgos Georgiou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	2 b. Stresses that full compliance with the European Working Time Directive (Directive 2003/88/EC) is a prerequisite for both patient safety and workforce sustainability; calls on the Commission to systematically monitor and report on compliance and to strengthen enforcement mechanisms and inspections under EU labour law.

Or. en

Amendment 300

Alicia Homs Ginel, Idoia Mendia, Estelle Ceulemans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) increasing public funding in the health sector, permanently excluding health investments from European economic governance rules and therefore excluding health and care systems from austerity policies, and resisting the privatisation and commercialisation of health and care, ensuring that every euro invested serves the public good, (ii) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (iii) improving working conditions and pay through decent minimum wages and collective bargaining in line with the Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, musculoskeletal disorders and protection from violence and harassment, and to that end calls on the Commission to propose a directive on Psychosocial Risks Factors and a directive on Musculoskeletal Disorders, as well as protection from exposure to hazardous substances and environments, (iv) supporting real work-life balance arrangements and fair working hours, improving predictability and flexibility related to shift work, giving workers greater control over their scheduling, limiting consecutive night shifts and long shifts, promoting adequate rest, and enhancement of other protective factors, including social support, influence over work and workplace support structures, and protecting workers against precarious employment (v) tackling gender inequalities and gender glass ceiling, ensuring equal pay for equal work and the full implementation of EU Pay Transparency Directive, and (vi) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Act;

Or. en

Amendment 301

Estelle Ceulemans, Gabriele Bischoff, Marc Angel, Idoia Mendia, Alicia Homs Ginel, Marit Maij, Isilda Gomes, Romana Jerković, Klára Dobrev, Evelyn Regner

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) increasing public funding in the health sector, permanently excluding health investments from European economic governance rules and therefore excluding health and care systems from austerity policies, and resisting the privatisation and commercialisation of health and care, ensuring that every euro invested serves the public good, (ii) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (iii) improving working conditions and pay through decent minimum wages and collective bargaining in line with the Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, and to that end calls on the Commission to propose a directive on Psychosocial Risks Factors and a directive on Musculoskeletal Disorders, as well as protection from exposure to hazardous substances and environments, (iv) supporting real work-life balance arrangements and fair working hours, improving predictability and flexibility related to shift work, giving workers greater control over their scheduling, limiting consecutive night shifts and long shifts, promoting adequate rest, and enhancement of other protective factors, including social support, influence over work and workplace support structures, and protecting workers against precarious employment (v) tackling gender inequalities and gender glass ceiling, ensuring equal pay for equal work and the full implementation of EU Pay Transparency Directive, and (vi) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Act;

Or. en

Amendment 302

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health through proposing a dedicated directive on work-related psychosocial risks and an initiative on algorithmic management, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements through proposing a binding initiative on telework and the right to disconnect, (iv) tackling gender inequalities through binding measures and ensuring equal pay for equal work in part through the implementation of the pay transparency directive, and (v) investing in upskilling via a right to training for workers to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate and where the human in control principle is protected in legislation; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

Or. en

Amendment 303

Ruggero Razza, Michele Picaro, Carlo Ciccioli, Laurence Trochu, Aurelijus Veryga, Francesco Torselli, Chiara Gemma

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate, and (vi) protecting the fundamental rights of healthcare workers — including adequate rest and recovery periods, statutory paid annual leave, access to occupational health and well-being services, and effective work-life balance measures — rights that must not be downgraded or subordinated to the pressure of maintaining or expanding access to care for the population; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

Or. it

Amendment 304

Raffaele Topo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; and (vi) safeguarding the fundamental rights of healthcare workers – including adequate rest and recovery periods, paid annual leave, access to occupational health and well-being services, and effective work-life balance measures – which must never be sacrificed in an attempt to maintain or expand access to care for the population; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

Or. it

Amendment 305

Giorgos Georgiou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, job security, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, as well as protection from exposure to hazardous substances and environments, and to that end calls on the Commission to propose a dedicated directive on Psychosocial Risks Factors and individual directive on Musculoskeletal Disorders (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements by enforcing the Working Time Directive and work-life balance policies to eliminate routine violations and exceptions, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

Or. en

Amendment 306

Viktória Ferenc, Pál Szekeres, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on Member States to address labour shortages through the following actions, as appropriate to their national circumstances: i) strengthening education pathways, their accessibility and high-quality training; ii) improving working conditions and wages, career prospects and job stability, ensuring health and safety at work, including mental health, protection against violence and harassment; iii) promoting flexible and family-friendly working arrangements, as well as the provision of childcare facilities and other family support services, iv) addressing gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, v) investing in skills development in order to safely integrate new technologies and task sharing where clinically appropriate, (vi) ensuring the safety of practitioners, whether they work in hospitals, in private practice or on home visits; and (vii) supporting successful European innovations and patents in this regard, looks forward to the Commission's forthcoming roadmap for quality jobs;

Or. en

Amendment 307

Marta Temido, Romana Jerković, Victor Negrescu, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Pierre Jouvet, Nikos Papandreou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) fully developing health promotion and disease prevention policies, as well as health literacy and self-care, (ii) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (iii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety, including on musculoskeletal disorders, psychosocial risks, burnout and mental health as priority areas, and also protection from violence and harassment, (iv) supporting work-life balance policies and flexible work arrangements, tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and in reviewing the skill-mix where clinically appropriate and ensuring re-certification, (vi) strengthening the regulatory framework as well as mutual recognition agreements, (vii) promoting greater recognition of the role of informal carers, particularly in integrated care;

Or. en

Amendment 308

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions, ensuring fair salaries commensurate with responsibilities, job security, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements and work-life balance (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate and (vi) safeguarding the fundamental rights of healthcare workers— including adequate rest and recuperation, statutory annual leave, access to occupational health and wellbeing services, and effective measures for work–life reconciliation; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

Or. en

Amendment 309

Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Nikola Bartůšek, Ondřej Knotek, Valérie Deloge, Viktória Ferenc, Pál Szekeres

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Member States to address workforce shortages by means of the following, in so far as suitable for the situation in their country: (i) boosting education pathways, their accessibility and their high-quality training,(ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, as well as the provision of childcare and other support services for families, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate and (vi) guaranteeing the safety of healthcare practitioners, regardless of whether their work is carried out in hospital environments, surgeries or patients’ homes; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

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Amendment 310

Victor Negrescu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, while reinforcing European cooperation and mobility programmes for healthcare education, such as Erasmus+, EU4Health and other cross-border partnerships, to ensure equitable access to learning and professional exchanges across the Union, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

Or. en

Amendment 311

Miriam Lexmann, David Casa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways with special attention to the specialisations with the most severe shortages, e.g. psychiatrists or rheumatologists, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in continuing professional education and upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

Or. en

Amendment 312

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by
	(i) improving working conditions, ensuring fair salaries commensurate with responsibilities, job-security, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental and physical health, and protection from violence and harassment,
	(ii) recognise the importance of and ensure work-life balance for all employees,
	(iii) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work,
	(iv) boosting high-quality education and training pathways to all personnel involved in healthcare provision, combined with high-quality mentorships to support transition to work-life
	(v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new research, technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate;

Or. en

Amendment 313

Liesbet Sommen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay through social dialogue according to national practices, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from and preparedness for violence and harassment, including prevention, de-escalation and coping skills training, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements while safeguarding continuity of care and patient access, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

Or. en

Amendment 314

Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Marta Temido, Nikos Papandreou, Pierre Jouvet, Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) improving retention and attraction by improving working conditions and pay, career progression, supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (ii) boosting high-quality education, (iii) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (iv) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; addressing the unequal distribution of health workforce capacities in Europe, providing support to regions that have difficulties in attracting health workers; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

Or. en

Amendment 315

Pascal Arimont

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, emphasising that burnout rates among cardiovascular professionals are particularly high, affecting 79% of nurses and 65% of physicians3a, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;
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	3a Jelen, A., Goldfarb, R., Rosart, J. et al. A qualitative co-design-based approach to identify sources of workplace-related distress and develop well-being strategies for cardiovascular nurses, allied health professionals, and physicians. BMC Health Serv Res 24, 246 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10669-x

Or. en

Amendment 316

Stine Bosse, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Billy Kelleher

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, and to that end calls on the Commission to propose a dedicated directive on Psychosocial Risk Factors (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

Or. en

Amendment 317

Francesco Torselli, Chiara Gemma, Georgiana Teodorescu, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Lara Magoni

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, emphasising that burnout rates among cardiovascular professionals are particularly high, affecting 79% of nurses and 65% of physicians and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

Or. en

Amendment 318

Maria Zacharia

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions, increasing wages, while abiding by collective agreements, fully recognising professional qualifications, and improving pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

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Amendment 319

Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Jana Toom, Stine Bosse, Hristo Petrov, Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate through a larger deployment of micro-credentials (vi) facilitating the recognition of informal skills, looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap and the European Care Deal;

Or. en

Amendment 320

Nikos Papandreou, Romana Jerković, Christophe Clergeau, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; (vi) conducting a dedicated study on the levels of compensated and uncompensated overtime in the healthcare sector looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

Or. en

Amendment 321

Petar Volgin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) ensuring access to jobs and traineeships in the healthcare sector for young qualified health professionals, (iii)improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iv) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (v) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (vi) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

Or. en

Amendment 322

Nikola Bartůšek, Aleksandar Nikolic, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Pál Szekeres, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, protection from violence and harassment, as well as protection from exposure to hazardous substances and environments (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling inequalities between men and women and ensuring equal pay for equal work between both sexes, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

Or. en

Amendment 323

Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, including training programmes adapted to the rural context, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting flexible work arrangements favourable for families and young doctors, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

Or. es

Amendment 324

Kateřina Konečná

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

Or. en

Amendment 325

Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

Or. en

Amendment 326

Laurent Castillo, Isabelle Le Callennec

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work, and (v) investing in upskilling to safely integrate new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;	3. Calls on the Commission to address workforce shortages by (i) boosting high-quality education and training pathways, (ii) improving working conditions and pay, career progression and retention, ensuring occupational health and safety including mental health, and protection from violence and harassment, (iii) supporting family-friendly and flexible work arrangements, (iv) tackling gender inequalities and ensuring equal pay for equal work and equal skills, and (v) investing in new technologies and task-sharing where clinically appropriate while developing the skills of the workforce; looks forward, in this regard, to the Commission’s upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap;

Or. fr

Amendment 327

Maria Zacharia

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	3a. Condemns any legislative initiative that permits or encourages an increase in daily working time beyond the limit of eight hours, rejecting the pretexts of ‘flexibility’ or ‘adaptation to market needs’ that attempt to justify the weakening of a fundamental acquired social right; notes that workers in the health sector perform a mission involving a high level of responsibility on which the life and safety of citizens directly depend; stresses that the excessive fatigue, physical exhaustion and mental strain caused by prolonged working hours dramatically increase the risk of errors with potentially fatal consequences; stresses that patients’ lives must not depend on the endurance limits of exhausted staff and that maintaining the eight-hour working day in the health sector constitutes a moral and social imperative for the protection of human dignity, public health and the safety of all;

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Amendment 328

Nikos Papandreou, Romana Jerković, Christophe Clergeau, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Marta Temido

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	3 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in close cooperation with social partners, professional associations and educational institutions, to adopt targeted measures to enhance the attractiveness of medical and healthcare careers, recognising that declining enrolment in health-related studies poses a long-term risk to the sustainability of healthcare systems; calls, in this context, for: (a) the integration of well-being initiatives and mental health literacy into medical, nursing and allied health curricula; (b) the improvement of remuneration and working conditions; (c) targeted actions to address gender disparities in leadership and pay; and (d) the promotion of lifelong learning and flexible career progression pathways to support professional development throughout the career cycle;

Or. en

Amendment 329

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	3 a. Stresses that low pay is one of the main drivers of labour shortages; underlines therefore that fair wages and benefits play a significant role in job retention and attracting new talent to healthcare sector; notes that despite harmonised educational framework for many healthcare professionals, the salaries vary significantly across the EU; calls for stronger political efforts to ensure fair salaries to all healthcare professionals through strengthening collective bargaining and social dialogue;

Or. en

Amendment 330

Marlena Maląg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	3a. Emphasises that healthcare workers must be paid a decent wage, and that the payment of these wages should be regarded as an investment in people rather than a cost; regrets that certain Member States are planning pay freezes for healthcare workers, which will exacerbate the problems faced by the healthcare sector, including the loss of highly qualified healthcare workers from the labour market;

Or. pl

Amendment 331

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	3 a. Argues that recognising and protecting the right to work–life balance among healthcare professionals is a prerequisite for maintaining sustainable and equitable patient access over time, since insufficient attention to this issue fosters job dissatisfaction, burnout, and eventual workforce loss;

Or. en

Amendment 332

Estelle Ceulemans, Gabriele Bischoff, Marc Angel, Idoia Mendia, Alicia Homs Ginel, Marit Maij, Isilda Gomes, Romana Jerković, Klára Dobrev, Evelyn Regner, Marianne Vind

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	3 a. Calls on the Member States to recognize heath and care professions as strategic for social and economic cohesion, and ensure salary and career conditions that reflect their societal value;

Or. en

Amendment 333

Marlena Maląg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	3b. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to take steps to unite the healthcare workforce; underlines that the provision of healthcare involves teams of individuals working together, and that all attempts to divide the healthcare workforce should be countered;

Or. pl

Amendment 334

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	3 b. Underlines that the reorganisation and modernisation of patient pathways are critical to improving the strategic allocation and utilisation of the health workforce, enhancing system efficiency and patient outcomes.

Or. en

Amendment 335

Marlena Maląg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	3c. Underlines the need to promote stable employment; notes that the healthcare workforce is highly fragmented at present due to the variety of different forms of employment; considers that workers have often been forced to switch to different forms of employment, and that this is currently a source of problems in relation to the enforcement of their employment rights;

Or. pl

Amendment 336

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
4. Recognises the gender dimension in health work and calls for targeted measures against wage disparities, career barriers and unsafe working conditions for women;	4. Recognises the strong gender dimension in health and in the care sector and calls for targeted measures against wage disparities, career barriers and for safer working conditions and more tailored occupational health and safety measures which are often not adapted to women and which as a consequence put them more at risks; insists on the importance of providing access to affordable child care, of ensuring the full compliance of the Pregnant Workers Directive, and addressing sexual and reproductive health in the workplace; calls for the extension of the duration of the maternity and paternity, cares leave, and to facilitate take-up of family leaves with higher minimum pay level and increasing the number of non-transferable months in parental leave, towards more balanced and equal length maternity and paternity leaves;

Or. en

Amendment 337

Estelle Ceulemans, Gabriele Bischoff, Marc Angel, Idoia Mendia, Alicia Homs Ginel, Marit Maij, Isilda Gomes, Romana Jerković, Klára Dobrev, Evelyn Regner, Marianne Vind

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
4. Recognises the gender dimension in health work and calls for targeted measures against wage disparities, career barriers and unsafe working conditions for women;	4. Recognises the strongly gender-segregated health labour market; highlights that women face a 24 percentage point pay gap (in the case of mean monthly earnings) compared to men across the health and care sector and this gap is created through poor recognition of women’s qualifications, lack of career chances, and an overall higher share of caring responsibilities; stresses that pay and working conditions must be critically reviewed from a gender equality perspective and action taken to reduce a persisting gender pay gap; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action to eliminate the gender pay gap, value unpaid care work, promote gender balance in all decision-making positions and service delivery, as well as ensuring strong protection against gender-based discrimination and harassment and sexual violence at the workplace;

Or. en

Amendment 338

Marlena Maląg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
4. Recognises the gender dimension in health work and calls for targeted measures against wage disparities, career barriers and unsafe working conditions for women;	4. Recognises the gender dimension in health work and calls for targeted measures against wage disparities, career barriers and unsafe working conditions for women; calls, in this context, on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the correct implementation of the European Framework Directive on adequate minimum wages (Directive (EU) 2022/2041)1a and the Pay Transparency Directive (Directive (EU) 2023/970)1b;
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	1a Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1762161394852&uri=CELEX%3A32022L2041
	1b Directive (EU) 2023/970 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32023L0970&qid=1762161468329

Or. pl

Amendment 339

Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Jana Toom, Stine Bosse, Hristo Petrov, Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
4. Recognises the gender dimension in health work and calls for targeted measures against wage disparities, career barriers and unsafe working conditions for women;	4. Recognises the gender dimension in health work, especially in female-dominated jobs such as nursing or midwifery, and calls for targeted measures against wage disparities, career barriers, unsafe working conditions and workplace violence for women; calls in this respect on Member States to implement the pay transparency directive as soon as possible;

Or. en

Amendment 340

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
4. Recognises the gender dimension in health work and calls for targeted measures against wage disparities, career barriers and unsafe working conditions for women;	4. Recognises the gender dimension in health work and calls for targeted measures against wage disparities, career barriers and unsafe working conditions for women, to protect them with safer, more equitable, and supportive work environments;

Or. en

Amendment 341

Francesco Torselli, Chiara Gemma, Georgiana Teodorescu, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Lara Magoni

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
4. Recognises the gender dimension in health work and calls for targeted measures against wage disparities, career barriers and unsafe working conditions for women;	4. Recognises the gender dimension in health work and calls for targeted measures against wage disparities, career barriers and unsafe working conditions for women; to protect them with safer, more equitable, and supportive work environments.

Or. en

Amendment 342

Pascal Arimont

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
4. Recognises the gender dimension in health work and calls for targeted measures against wage disparities, career barriers and unsafe working conditions for women;	4. Recognises the gender dimension in health work and calls for targeted measures against wage disparities, career barriers and unsafe working conditions for women to protect them with safer, more equitable, and supportive work environments;

Or. en

Amendment 343

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
4. Recognises the gender dimension in health work and calls for targeted measures against wage disparities, career barriers and unsafe working conditions for women;	4. Recognises the gender dimension in health work and calls for targeted measures against wage and pension disparities, career barriers including the care burden and unsafe working conditions for women;

Or. en

Amendment 344

Nikola Bartůšek, Aleksandar Nikolic, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Pál Szekeres, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
4. Recognises the gender dimension in health work and calls for targeted measures against wage disparities, career barriers and unsafe working conditions for women;	4. Calls for targeted measures against wage disparities between men and women, as well as against career barriers and unsafe working conditions for men and women;

Or. en

Amendment 345

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 a. Notes the significant disparities that persist across Member States, with many health and care professionals earning below the national median wage; highlights that the absence of wage adequacy measures risks further erosion of workforce morale and increased reliance on informal or undeclared labour; calls on the Commission to develop EU-level guidance or a sectoral benchmark to ensure that no health or care worker earns below a defined threshold of the national median wage, particularly in the context of public procurement, cohesion policy, and the use of EU structural and investment funds;

Or. en

Amendment 346

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 a. Recognises that remuneration and working conditions must be dignified for all professionals, always based on professional merit and individual effort; notes that, in many cases, it is the healthcare institutions themselves that impose conditions which do not comply with the labour standards required of them;

Or. en

Amendment 347

Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Jana Toom, Stine Bosse, Hristo Petrov, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 a. Calls on the Commission to monitor and analyse the compliance with the European Working Time Directive (Directive 2003/88/EC) since 1 in 4 doctors work more than 50 hours per week which leads to exhaustion, burnout, higher risk of medical errors and worsened quality of patient safety;

Or. en

Amendment 348

Kateřina Konečná

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 a. Calls on the Commission to conduct a dedicated study on the levels of compensated and uncompensated overtime in the healthcare sector, particularly in the delivery of cancer care, with specific attention to uncompensated overtime during remote work;

Or. en

Amendment 349

Giorgos Georgiou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 a. Calls on the Commission to conduct a dedicated study on the levels of compensated and uncompensated overtime in the healthcare sector, particularly in the delivery of cancer care, with specific attention to uncompensated overtime during remote work;

Or. en

Amendment 350

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 a. Recognises, that in most OECD countries, over 75% of workers in the health and social care sector are women4a.
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	4a OECD, Health and social care workforce – Health at a Glance 2023

Or. en

Amendment 351

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the monitoring of and ensuring compliance with the EU Working time Directive;

Or. en

Amendment 352

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 b. Insist on the importance of addressing work-related stress, widespread pattern of unscheduled, excessive and irregular working times, which has been on the rise since the COVID crisis, and a poor work-life balance across Europe; calls for the Work-Life Balance Directive to be fully and effectively implemented evaluated and strengthened; Calls on the Commission proposal for a directive on psychosocial risks and on the right to disconnect;

Or. en

Amendment 353

Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Jana Toom, Stine Bosse, Hristo Petrov, Olivier Chastel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 b. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Member States and relevant professional organisations, to develop a standardised EU tool for measuring nurses’ workload, such as through validated systems similar to the Nursing Activity Score, in order to ensure safe staffing levels and improve patient safety;

Or. en

Amendment 354

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 b. Acknowledges that according to EU-OSHA, rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases disproportionately affect women in the healthcare workforce, representing a leading cause of work loss and premature retirement due to physical disability;

Or. en

Amendment 355

Giorgos Georgiou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 b. Calls for the European Commission to propose a legislative initiative on the prevention and management of work-related psychosocial risks to effectively prevent burnouts in healthcare workforce;

Or. en

Amendment 356

Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Jana Toom, Stine Bosse, Hristo Petrov, Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 c. Calls for the recognition of the status of informal caregivers, who are predominantly women, in order to acknowledge and compensate their unpaid work and to ensure them adequate social and labour protection, including access to social security, training, and support services;

Or. en

Amendment 357

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 c. Underlines that, according to the latest WHO survey4c, the prevalence of depression and anxiety is significantly higher among women than among men in the medical and nursing professions;
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	4c “The Mental Health or Nurses and Doctors (MeND) survey" 7th of October 2025

Or. en

Amendment 358

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 d. Calls on the Commission to propose Council recommendations establishing common Guidelines on radiation safety for healthcare professionals during pregnancy;

Or. en

Amendment 359

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 e (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce measures that support and safeguard pregnancy and parenthood during medical residency, ensuring work–life balance for all, with particular emphasis on the specific challenges faced in surgical specialties;

Or. en

Amendment 360

Giorgos Georgiou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
5. Calls for the adoption of psychological support programmes and the recognition of the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of the HCWF;	5. Calls for the adoption of comprehensive and sustainable mental-health support programmes for healthcare professionals, addressing structural factors and working conditions, and promoting psychologically safe and non-punitive workplace cultures. Recognises the persistent impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and resilience of the health and care workforce, and stresses the need for long-term recovery measures and preventive action to strengthen system preparedness and wellbeing;

Or. en

Amendment 361

Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Jana Toom, Stine Bosse, Hristo Petrov, Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
5. Calls for the adoption of psychological support programmes and the recognition of the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of the HCWF;	5. Highlights the importance of mental health and well-being of healthcare professionals; calls for the adoption of psychological support programmes and the recognition of the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of the HCWF; calls on Member States to implement measures such as regular recovery and resilience programmes, including the possibility of short-term retreats or access to psychological support, which can improve job satisfaction and prevent burnout without necessarily requiring large financial investments;

Or. en

Amendment 362

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
5. Calls for the adoption of psychological support programmes and the recognition of the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of the HCWF;	5. Calls for the adoption of mental health and substance use support programmes, making it available and accessible to all healthcare workers considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare workforce;

Or. en

Amendment 363

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
5. Calls for the adoption of psychological support programmes and the recognition of the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of the HCWF;	5. Calls for the adoption of binding preventative measures through a European initiative on work-related psychosocial risks, supplemented by psychological support programmes and the recognition of the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of the HCWF;

Or. en

Amendment 364

Marta Temido, Romana Jerković, Victor Negrescu, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Pierre Jouvet, Nikos Papandreou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
5. Calls for the adoption of psychological support programmes and the recognition of the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of the HCWF;	5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States for the adoption of strategies based on mental health, psychological support programmes and well-being; calls for the recognition of the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of the HCWF;

Or. en

Amendment 365

Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Marta Temido, Nikos Papandreou, Pierre Jouvet, Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
5. Calls for the adoption of psychological support programmes and the recognition of the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of the HCWF;	5. Calls for the adoption of psychological support programmes to address the high prevalence of depression and anxiety of healthcare workers in the EU and the recognition of the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of the HCWF;

Or. en

Amendment 366

Laurent Castillo, Isabelle Le Callennec

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
5. Calls for the adoption of psychological support programmes and the recognition of the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of the HCWF;	5. Recommends the development of psychological support and the recognition of the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of the HCWF;

Or. fr

Amendment 367

Victor Negrescu, Marta Temido

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	5 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure fair, safe and sustainable working and training conditions for medical residents across the European Union, recognising their vital role in the functioning and continuity of healthcare systems; emphasises the need to develop a European framework of minimum quality standards for residency programmes, guaranteeing fair remuneration, transparent career progression, adequate supervision and mentoring, and full respect for occupational health and safety, including rest periods and access to mental health support; underlines that investing in residents means investing in the future resilience and quality of European healthcare;

Or. en

Amendment 368

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Ondřej Knotek, Pál Szekeres

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	5 a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic lead to structural reforms in healthcare workforce protection, guaranteeing proper preventive measures, adequate equipment, and fair working conditions; urges that mechanisms be established to recognise and compensate the physical and psychological consequences suffered by health professionals due to inadequate protection and excessive workloads during health crises;

Or. en

Amendment 369

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	5 a. Calls on the Commission to initiate a directive addressing psychosocial risks in the workplace, with a specific focus on the health and care workforce, establishing minimum standards to prevent and manage psychosocial risks, including work-related stress, burnout, harassment, and violence, and ensure the right to a safe and healthy working environment;

Or. en

Amendment 370

Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Jana Toom, Stine Bosse, Hristo Petrov, Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	5 a. Deplores the growing number of violent acts against health professionals and calls on Member States to establish national action plans to improve safety of health care professionals that include integration of relevant training programmes into health workforce curricula and to establish comprehensive support mechanisms;

Or. en

Amendment 371

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	5 a. Recognises that rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD) are, alongside mental health, one of the primary reasons why healthcare workers leave the profession on health grounds, contributing to the challenges in retention;

Or. en

Amendment 372

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	5 a. Recognises that doctors and nurses are five times as likely as the general population to experience symptoms of depression (32% vs 6%) according to the latest WHO survey5a;
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	5a “The Mental Health or Nurses and Doctors (MeND) survey" 7th of October 2025

Or. en

Amendment 373

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	5 b. Recognises that over 10% of doctors and nurses report thoughts of ending their life or harming themselves according to the latest WHO survey5b;
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	5b “The Mental Health or Nurses and Doctors (MeND) survey" 7th of October 2025

Or. en

Amendment 374

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	5 b. Calls for occupational health and safety measures to work towards addressing and mitigating rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases;

Or. en

Amendment 375

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	5 c. Recognises that burnout, emotional exhaustion and work-related stress are strongly connected to job dissatisfaction and turnover intention among healthcare workers;

Or. en

Amendment 376

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	5 c. Recognises that women are disproportionately impacted by rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases;

Or. en

Amendment 377

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	5 d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to exchange good practices on comprehensive and sustainable mental health strategies for the healthcare workforce, promoting prevention, early intervention and long-term person-centred support measures;

Or. en

Amendment 378

Alicia Homs Ginel, Idoia Mendia, Estelle Ceulemans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;	6. Calls on the Commission on proposing a directive on Psychosocial Risks that takes into consideration the occupational risk factors affecting the healthcare workforce, including excessive workloads, unsafe working conditions, third-party violence and harassment, and on the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals and stresses the importance of preventing and managing rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders and other chronic conditions, which significantly affect healthcare workers’ physical and mental health, by proposing a directive on Musculoskeletal Disorders;
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7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).	7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).

Or. en

Amendment 379

Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Nikola Bartůšek, Valérie Deloge, Viktória Ferenc, Pál Szekeres, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7, considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;	6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive[1], considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals; notes that the best way of helping healthcare workers to regain a work-life balance is to guarantee them decent working conditions, acceptable working hours and both social and financial recognition, including an enhancement of their image and their societal standing;
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7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).

Or. fr

Amendment 380

Estelle Ceulemans, Gabriele Bischoff, Marc Angel, Idoia Mendia, Alicia Homs Ginel, Marit Maij, Isilda Gomes, Romana Jerković, Klára Dobrev, Evelyn Regner, Marianne Vind

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;	6. Calls on the Commission on proposing a directive on Psychosocial Risks that takes into consideration the occupational risk factors affecting the healthcare workforce, including excessive workloads, unsafe working conditions, third-party violence and harassment, and on the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7, considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;
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7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).	7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).

Or. en

Amendment 381

Nikos Papandreou, Romana Jerković, Christophe Clergeau, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Marta Temido

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;	6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; that the professional burnout of dentists is 13%, for pharmacist stress and burnout level varies between 30-50% , and technicians experience 24/7 production cycles reporting high levels of exhaustion and depression, emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;
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7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).	7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).

Or. en

Amendment 382

Giorgos Georgiou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;	6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; in addition to physical and environmental challenges that include occupational exposure to hazardous medicinal products, in line with Directive (EU) 2022/431; emphasises the need for support programmes and improved access to modern medical devices to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;
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7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).	7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).

Or. en

Amendment 383

Nikola Bartůšek, Aleksandar Nikolic, Ondřej Knotek, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Pál Szekeres, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;	6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges, in addition to physical and environmental challenges that include occupational exposure to hazardous medicinal products, in line with Directive (EU) 2022/431; emphasises the need for support programmes and improved access to modern medical devices to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;
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7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).

Or. en

Amendment 384

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;	6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; in addition to physical and environmental challenges that include occupational exposure to hazardous medicinal products, in line with Directive (EU) 2022/431; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;
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7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).	7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).

Or. en

Amendment 385

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;	6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7;
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7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).	7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).

Or. en

Amendment 386

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;	6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for a dedicated directive on work-related psychosocial risks focused on primary prevention and supplemented by support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;
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7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).	7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).

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Amendment 387

Stine Bosse, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Billy Kelleher

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;	6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 and calls on the Commission to propose a dedicated directive on Psychosocial Risks Factors, considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;
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7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).	7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).

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Amendment 388

Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Marta Temido, Nikos Papandreou, Pierre Jouvet, Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;	6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for improving working conditions and introduce support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals and affiliated staff;
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7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).

Or. en

Amendment 389

Liesbet Sommen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;	6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals focused on workplace related risks;
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7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).	7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).

Or. en

Amendment 390

Marta Temido, Romana Jerković, Victor Negrescu, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Pierre Jouvet, Nikos Papandreou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;	6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the OSH Framework Directive7 , considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals and affiliated staff;
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7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).	7 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1989/391/oj).

Or. en

Amendment 391

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to integrate violence-prevention across undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing professional development curricula, including: (i) evidence-based de-escalation and communication strategies; (ii) self-protection/self-defence training against violent attacks consistent with professional ethics and occupational-safety rules; (iii) mental-health and well-being promotion; and (iv) multiprofessional, team-based training and simulation to strengthen coordinated, actor-centred responses at the point of care.

Or. en

Amendment 392

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6 a. Recognises that musculoskeletal disorders are the leading cause of work-related physical health problems in the healthcare sector, affecting up to 90% of health care workers; call for more comprehensive prevention and management of work-related musculoskeletal disorders and rheumatic diseases, including enhanced research and data collection;

Or. en

Amendment 393

Aurelijus Veryga

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6 a. Underlines the need to review and update the current occupational health and safety legislative framework to ensure that it effectively addresses and mitigates the impact of mental health issues, burnout, as well as chronic conditions, including rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, on healthcare workers;

Or. en

Amendment 394

Ruggero Razza, Michele Picaro, Carlo Ciccioli, Laurence Trochu, Aurelijus Veryga, Francesco Torselli, Chiara Gemma

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6a. Urges the use of evidence-based models of skill-sharing and advanced roles that respond to national needs and national legal frameworks, ensuring adequate training, supervision and safeguards for the safety of healthcare workers and patients;

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Amendment 395

Kateřina Konečná

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6 a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to review existing legislation and regulations related to working time and compensation, as well as their enforcement in the healthcare and oncology sector, particularly to address both compensated and non-compensated overtime;

Or. en

Amendment 396

Giorgos Georgiou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6 a. Calls for systematic and data-driven monitoring of working hours, rest periods, burnout and attrition rates across Member States, in cooperation with the WHO and the OECD, in order to support evidence-based workforce planning;

Or. en

Amendment 397

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6 a. Underlines the urgent need for coordinated and evidence-based mental health strategies, including burnout prevention, to reverse the current negative trends observed across Member States in the EU;

Or. en

Amendment 398

Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Jana Toom, Stine Bosse, Hristo Petrov, Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6 a. Calls on the Commission to adopt high standards of occupational health and safety, especially as concerns exposure to hazardous medicinal products;

Or. en

Amendment 399

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6 b. Urges improvements in the scope and enforcement of existing legislation, and recognition of violence-prevention as a core management responsibility; calls for zero-tolerance guidelines, preventive environmental and organisational measures, and access to dedicated hotlines, helplines and confidential mental-health support for staff, including post-incident debriefing and protected time to seek care; calls for coordinated local and national public campaigns to increase awareness and condemn violence against health personnel; supports structured cooperation protocols with police forces to ensure rapid, proportionate responses that protect patient rights and staff safety; encourages community and bystander-awareness initiatives;

Or. en

Amendment 400

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6 b. Calls on the European Commission to propose a legislative initiative on the prevention and management of work-related psychosocial risks to effectively prevent burnout, emotional distress, depression and anxiety in health and care workforce;

Or. en

Amendment 401

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6 c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to require rigorous, real-time monitoring of hours worked by students on clinical placements, trainees, residents and early-career healthcare professionals, and to enforce compliance with working-time and rest standards; urges this monitoring activity to include:
	(i) mandatory digital timekeeping that records start/finish, on-call (active/inactive), night duty, travel between sites and mandated training time;
	(ii) aggregation of hours across all rotations/employers to verify weekly and monthly limits, daily/weekly rest and maximum consecutive night shifts;
	(iii) a clear prohibition of unpaid overtime and of any pressure to under-report hours, with confidential, non-retaliatory reporting channels;
	(iv) routine audits by competent authorities and publication of anonymised compliance dashboards;
	(v) corrective measures—compensation or time-off-in-lieu, restorative rest, and psychosocial risk assessment—when breaches occur;
	(vi) linkage of accreditation, programme approval and eligibility for EU/national funds to demonstrable compliance; and
	(vii) safeguards for data protection and worker/student privacy, including independent oversight with student and staff representation;

Or. en

Amendment 402

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6 c. Reiterates that, according to EU-OSHA1a, musculoskeletal disorders remain the leading cause of work-related health problems in the healthcare sector;
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	1a European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA). Musculoskeletal disorders, https://osha.europa.eu/en/themes/musculoskeletal-disorders

Or. en

Amendment 403

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6 d. Observes that systemic breaches of the Working Time Directive continue to occur in hospitals, care homes and other essential services, leading to excessive working hours, night shifts and forced overtime for health and care workers; considers that such practices endanger both workers’ health and patient safety, and disproportionately affect women, who make up the majority of the health and care workforce; calls on the Commission to include the healthcare and long-term care sectors in the revision of the Working Time Directive, with a view to introducing clear limits on night work, consecutive shifts and mandatory overtime; urges the Commission to assess the long-term social and economic costs of excessive shift lengths and unpredictable scheduling, which undermine workforce sustainability and the quality of care across the Union;

Or. en

Amendment 404

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6 d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote access to physical exercise and rehabilitation programmes designed to prevent and alleviate musculoskeletal disorders among healthcare workers, and to integrate such initiatives into workplace health and safety strategies;

Or. en

Amendment 405

Estelle Ceulemans, Gabriele Bischoff, Marc Angel, Idoia Mendia, Alicia Homs Ginel, Marit Maij, Isilda Gomes, Romana Jerković, Klára Dobrev, Evelyn Regner, Marianne Vind

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners and professional bodies in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies;	7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners and professional bodies on national and EU levels and collective bargaining and social dialogue at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies, and improving workplace standards;

Or. en

Amendment 406

Tomislav Sokol, Adam Jarubas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners and professional bodies in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies;	7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners and professional bodies in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level; encourages the close and structured involvement of academic institutions and scientific societies in the design, implementation and evaluation of workforce strategies;

Or. en

Amendment 407

Giorgos Georgiou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners and professional bodies in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies;	7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners and professional bodies on national and EU level and collective bargaining and social dialogue at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies;

Or. en

Amendment 408

Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Nikola Bartůšek, Ondřej Knotek, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners and professional bodies in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies;	7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners and professional bodies in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies; underlines the need to ensure that frontline healthcare workers are more involved in the development of healthcare policies;

Or. fr

Amendment 409

Pascal Arimont

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners and professional bodies in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies;	7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners and professional bodies, stakeholders and industry representatives in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies, further encourages cross-border collaboration and exchange in education and training;

Or. en

Amendment 410

Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners and professional bodies in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies;	7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners and professional bodies, including the general councils of professional associations, in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies;

Or. es

Amendment 411

Marta Temido, Romana Jerković, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Pierre Jouvet, Nikos Papandreou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners and professional bodies in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies;	7. Recognises the role that professional bodies may play in assuring quality of care; underlines the crucial role of social partners in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies;

Or. en

Amendment 412

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners and professional bodies in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies;	7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners and professional bodies in national and collective bargaining and social dialogue at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies;

Or. en

Amendment 413

Maria Zacharia

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners and professional bodies in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies;	7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners, trade unions and professional bodies in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their institutionally guaranteed close involvement at all levels in designing and implementing workforce strategies;

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Amendment 414

Nikos Papandreou, Romana Jerković, Christophe Clergeau, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners and professional bodies in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies;	7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners, patients, carers and civil society organisations and professional bodies in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies;

Or. en

Amendment 415

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners and professional bodies in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies;	7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners, stakeholders, industry and professional bodies in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies;

Or. en

Amendment 416

Raffaele Topo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners and professional bodies in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies;	7. Underlines the crucial role of social partners, trade unions and professional bodies in national and collective bargaining at national and EU level and calls for their close involvement in designing and implementing workforce strategies;

Or. it

Amendment 417

Laurent Castillo, Isabelle Le Callennec

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7a. Underlines that shifts in attitudes to work, job expectations and the occupational profiles of healthcare workers represent a major structural change in the Union; considers, as a result, that healthcare provision assessments should henceforth be based not solely on the number of healthcare professionals per head of population, but on the number of hours actually worked on average by healthcare professionals, particularly doctors, in order to reflect more accurately the reality of healthcare provision as experienced by patients;

Or. fr

Amendment 418

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to review and revise the existing occupational health and safety framework to ensure more effective prevention and mitigation of the impact of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) and other chronic illnesses on healthcare workers, with particular emphasis on enhanced workplace accommodation, flexibility, and reintegration measures;

Or. en

Amendment 419

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Ondřej Knotek

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7 a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the management of health systems is carried out by professionals with proven experience in healthcare management and the necessary technical knowledge; also calls for fair working conditions and institutional recognition for healthcare professionals, whose dedication should not be used to compensate for managerial shortcomings;

Or. en

Amendment 420

Pascal Arimont

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7 a. Underlines the need for a comprehensive and adequately funded health budget in the 2028–2034 Multiannual Financial Framework, ensuring the development and implementation of a long-term European Health Workforce Strategy, addressing shortages in the healthcare workforce and ensuring that health systems across the Union are sustainable, resilient and accessible;

Or. en

Amendment 421

Tomislav Sokol, Adam Jarubas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7 a. Stresses the need to ensure that the right to conscientious objection in healthcare is respected and guaranteed in accordance with national legislation and European values, as an integral element of protecting ethical standards, supporting the well-being of healthcare professionals, and promoting the sustainability of healthcare systems across the Union;

Or. en

Amendment 422

Viktória Ferenc, Pál Szekeres, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7 a. Recalls that healthcare workers perform public service duties and that, as such, any attack against them, or any serious negligence or deliberate obstruction, must be severely punished; urges Member States to provide for dissuasive penalties for individuals guilty of attacking a member of the healthcare workforce;

Or. en

Amendment 423

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7 a. Insists on the importance of the WHO call for action to enforce a zero-tolerance approach to bullying, harassment and other forms of workplace violence, through the improvement and promotion of organisational and legislative support structures, as well as better incident reporting systems;

Or. en

Amendment 424

Raffaele Topo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7a. Reiterates that healthcare companies should guarantee organisational conditions that prevent work-related stress, burnout and all forms of social distress, and should also contribute to the prevention of violence against healthcare professionals;

Or. it

Amendment 425

Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Nikola Bartůšek, Ondřej Knotek, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7a. Stresses the need to increase pay for healthcare workers in order to make these careers more attractive again; notes that higher rates of pay or bonuses should be offered as standard for split shifts or long on-call periods;

Or. fr

Amendment 426

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7 a. Calls on the Member States to guarantee professional and patient organisations a formal and effective role in the development and implementation of health legislation, ensuring their meaningful participation throughout the decision-making process;

Or. en

Amendment 427

Giorgos Georgiou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen collective bargaining and social dialogue, and to support social partners at both EU and national levels in improving workplace standards;

Or. en

Amendment 428

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen collective bargaining and social dialogue, and to support social partners at both EU and national levels in improving workplace standards;

Or. en

Amendment 429

Laurent Castillo, Isabelle Le Callennec

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7b. Requests that the Commission submit, on the basis of Article 83(1), third subparagraph, TFEU, a proposal for a Council decision identifying violence against healthcare workers as a new area of crime that meets the criteria specified in that Article, following the recommendations set out in the annex and requests the Commission to use that new area of crime as a legal basis for a holistic and victim-centred directive of the European Parliament and of the Council to prevent and combat all forms of violence against healthcare workers , both online and offline;

Or. fr

Amendment 430

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7 b. Recognises that RMDs are the leading cause of work-related health problems in the healthcare sector and highlights that between 60% and 90% of nurses report experiencing an RMD each year; calls on the Commission to replace the current fragmented and outdated legislative framework with a Directive on the prevention and management of RMDs, as previously called for by the European Parliament;

Or. en

Amendment 431

Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Nikola Bartůšek, Valérie Deloge

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7b. Recalls that healthcare workers perform public service tasks, and hence any assaults against them must be severely punished; urges the Member States to provide for dissuasive penalties that can be imposed on persons found guilty of assaulting a healthcare worker;

Or. fr

Amendment 432

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7 b. Supports making the protection of staff mental health a key performance indicator to build on the accountability of healthcare managers to promote and protect staff mental health and well-being;

Or. en

Amendment 433

Pascal Arimont

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7 b. Recommends that the European Commission supports EU Member States in agreeing on benchmark minimum standards for hospital staffing, including in cancer centres;

Or. en

Amendment 434

Pascal Arimont

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7 c. Underlines that while overtime is a cross-cutting issue affecting the healthcare and oncology workforce, compensation for overtime varies significantly across Member States, underscoring the unequal burden placed on the healthcare and oncology workforce across Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 435

Pascal Arimont

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7 d. Recognises that young health professionals are at increased risk of moral distress, and inappropriate workload allocation, and call for the establishment of robust mentorship systems within the workplace to provide support;

Or. en

Amendment 436

Maria Zacharia

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7a. Notes that women constitute the majority of workers in the health sector and that they continue to be under-represented in positions of responsibility; calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt equality policies, eliminate gender pay gaps and recognise informal care as socially useful work;

Or. el

Amendment 437

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7 c. Notes with concern that long waiting times, exacerbated by workforce shortages, undermine timely access to care, leading to poorer health outcomes; stresses that delayed diagnosis and treatment increase healthcare costs and place additional strain on emergency and long-term care systems;

Or. en

Amendment 438

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Recognises the unique challenges faced by rural and island communities in accessing and delivering of healthcare; calls on the Member States to consider specific healthcare strategies for rural and island communities;

Or. en

Amendment 439

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 2 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Acknowledges the epidemic in mental health.

Or. en

Amendment 440

Estelle Ceulemans, Gabriele Bischoff, Marc Angel, Idoia Mendia, Alicia Homs Ginel, Marit Maij, Isilda Gomes, Romana Jerković, Klára Dobrev, Evelyn Regner, Marianne Vind

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies;	8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies; Member States should, in convergence, adopt a comprehensive and integrated model of care, combining treatment (medical care) and care (relational and social), centred on the individual, covering hospital, home, community, and outpatient care, while integrating prevention, mental health, and support for family caregivers, with the active participation of social economy actors;

Or. en

Amendment 441

Tomislav Sokol, Adam Jarubas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies;	8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States enhance coordination to develop integrated regional health strategies based on reliable and comparable data; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen data-driven approaches for identifying and addressing regional and territorial disparities in the availability of healthcare personnel, and to integrate these findings into national health workforce planning and EU cohesion policies;

Or. en

Amendment 442

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies;	8. Emphasises that disparities in access and quality of care between urban and rural regions due to workforce shortages perpetuate health inequalities; calls for targeted public investment to strengthen healthcare infrastructure and healthcare workforce; recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies;

Or. en

Amendment 443

Raffaele Topo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies;	8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies; calls, further, for Member States to establish an observatory on inequalities in access to healthcare, with the task of collecting and analysing data on waiting times and regional disparities;

Or. it

Amendment 444

Francesco Torselli, Chiara Gemma, Georgiana Teodorescu, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Lara Magoni

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies;	8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies and insists on the strategic development of specialist services in primary and community care settings, for example cardiology consultation hubs, to address 'medical deserts' where patients often face weeks or months of delay for specialist care;

Or. en

Amendment 445

Pascal Arimont

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies;	8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies and insists on the strategic development of specialist services in primary and community care settings, for example cardiology consultation hubs, to address 'medical deserts' where patients often face weeks or months of delay for specialist care;

Or. en

Amendment 446

Laurent Castillo, Isabelle Le Callennec

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies;	8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop local health strategies taking into account geographical disparities, especially in the outermost regions;

Or. fr

Amendment 447

Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Jana Toom, Stine Bosse, Hristo Petrov, Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies;	8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies, including tools that will help prevent the concentration of medical professionals only in large cities and developed regions;

Or. en

Amendment 448

Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies;	8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies; taking particular account of the disparities between rural, hard-to-reach and urban areas;

Or. es

Amendment 449

Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Marta Temido, Nikos Papandreou, Pierre Jouvet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies;	8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies, encourages higher efficiency in using instruments like the State of Health in the EU and country profiles;

Or. en

Amendment 450

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies;	8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies and reduce the inequalities in the working conditions of the healthcare workers among the Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 451

Marta Temido, Romana Jerković, Victor Negrescu, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Pierre Jouvet, Nikos Papandreou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies;	8. Recommends that the relevant authorities in the Member States coordinate better to develop integrated regional health strategies and establish better integrated care pathways;

Or. en

Amendment 452

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the establishment of multidisciplinary Life Course Women’s Health Centres across the EU to provide integrated, gender-responsive, and continuous care for women from adolescence through older age; underlines that women represent half of the population and the majority of the health and care workforce, and that investing in women’s health is therefore essential for the sustainability and resilience of healthcare systems; stresses that such centres can improve prevention, early diagnosis, and management of female-prevalent conditions while serving as innovation and training hubs to strengthen workforce capacity and gender-sensitive care across the Union;

Or. en

Amendment 453

Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Nikos Papandreou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8 a. Calls for striking a balance between free movement of labour and the risk that medical deserts in EU and neighbouring countries will undermine Universal health coverage on the level of member states and European solidarity; believe that the existing contradictions between mobility of labour, as the asset of the EU, and an equal access to health services, as a rightful expectation of European citizens, should be discussed and mitigated; considers that the reaction on the downsides of free movement needs to focus on further European integration, that would aim to reduce disparities between EU Member States and between regions;

Or. en

Amendment 454

Laurent Castillo, Isabelle Le Callennec

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8a. Recommends that the Commission and the Member States should increase the share of overall health expenditure earmarked for prevention, in particular for preventable diseases, in order to turn this into a key driver for reducing total health expenditure and easing the growing pressure on our healthcare systems, which is the result of a failure to address risk factors.

Or. fr

Amendment 455

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8 a. Stresses the persistent differences between public and private healthcare systems resulting in unequal access to timely treatment and worse health outcomes; calls on the Member States to ensure that healthcare services remain universally accessible, affordable, and of high quality, regardless of socio-economic status;

Or. en

Amendment 456

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8 a. Recognises the unique role of carers in society, a majority of whom are women; acknowledges that without formal and informal carers, healthcare services across the EU would collapse; calls on Member States to ensure that formal and informal carers are sufficiently compensated for the work they provide to our communities;

Or. en

Amendment 457

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to rigorously and transparently assess the impact of uncontrolled migratory flows on national health systems, including their economic and operational costs, as well as the consequences for the working conditions of healthcare personnel;

Or. en

Amendment 458

Marta Temido, Romana Jerković, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Pierre Jouvet, Nikos Papandreou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8 a. Calls for striking balance between free movement of labour and the risk that medical deserts in EU and neighbouring countries will undermine universal health coverage at Member States' level and European solidarity;

Or. en

Amendment 459

Marlena Maląg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8a. Warns against the privatisation of healthcare facilities and services, which results in a worsening of accessibility for patients; calls on the Member States to ensure equitable access to healthcare services;

Or. pl

Amendment 460

Maria Zacharia

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8a. Calls on the EU and the Member States to develop universal public health strategies that will ensure adequate staffing levels and infrastructure in rural, island and remote areas;

Or. el

Amendment 461

Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Marta Temido, Nikos Papandreou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8 b. Calls on the Member States to ensure that, in addressing the unequal distribution of the healthcare workforce, (social) right of every healthcare worker in the EU to move to another Member State for whatever reason, including to improve their livelihood, should be respected; measures should be directed at addressing the reasons why health workers from the periphery move away;

Or. en

Amendment 462

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8 b. Highlights that persons with disabilities continue to face significant barriers in accessing healthcare, including physical inaccessibility, inadequate communication, and a lack of specialised training among the healthcare workforce;

Or. en

Amendment 463

Nicolás González Casares

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to attract health professionals to underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions;	9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to attract health professionals to underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions; suggests the possibility of creating cross-border healthcare initiatives where isolated areas are a consequence of political borders.

Or. en

Amendment 464

Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Marta Temido, Nikos Papandreou, Pierre Jouvet, Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to attract health professionals to underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions;	9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to provide packages of financial and non-financial incentives for attracting and retaining healthcare workers in underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions; these include supporting housing solutions for healthcare workers, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities;

Or. en

Amendment 465

Tomislav Sokol, Adam Jarubas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to attract health professionals to underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions;	9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers, to fund scholarships, provide tax benefits, research grants and structured career development measures, and to attract and retain health professionals to underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions;

Or. en

Amendment 466

Marta Temido, Romana Jerković, Victor Negrescu, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to attract health professionals to underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions;	9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to attract health professionals to underserved areas;

Or. en

Amendment 467

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to attract health professionals to underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions;	9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers, consider tax incentives, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to attract health professionals to underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions;

Or. en

Amendment 468

Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to attract health professionals to underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions;	9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to attract health professionals to underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost, hard-to-reach and depopulated regions;

Or. es

Amendment 469

Nikos Papandreou, Romana Jerković, Christophe Clergeau, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Marta Temido

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to attract health professionals to underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions;	9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to attract health professionals to underserved areas, including but not limited to mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions;

Or. en

Amendment 470

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to attract health professionals to underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions;	9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers and professionals, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to attract health professionals to underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions;

Or. en

Amendment 471

Estelle Ceulemans, Gabriele Bischoff, Marc Angel, Idoia Mendia, Alicia Homs Ginel, Marit Maij, Isilda Gomes, Romana Jerković, Klára Dobrev, Evelyn Regner, Marianne Vind

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to attract health professionals to underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions;	9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare professionals and workers, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to attract health professionals to underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions;

Or. en

Amendment 472

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to attract health professionals to underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions;	9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt positive incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to better attract health professionals to underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions;

Or. en

Amendment 473

Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Nikola Bartůšek, Ondřej Knotek, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to attract health professionals to underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions;	9. Urges the Member States to optimise the use of EU and national funds and to adopt incentives to support housing solutions for healthcare workers, to fund scholarships, research grants and career opportunities, and to attract and retain health professionals to underserved areas, such as mountain, rural, insular, remote, outermost and depopulated regions;

Or. fr

Amendment 474

Victor Negrescu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	9 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enable the use of cohesion funds for the construction of housing for healthcare professionals and for salary bonuses or other financial incentives for those who choose to practice in rural, remote, isolated or medically underserved areas; underlines that such measures should be integrated into regional and national health and development strategies to promote territorial cohesion and ensure equal access to healthcare;

Or. en

Amendment 475

Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Nikola Bartůšek, Valérie Deloge

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	9a. Recalls the very specific challenges facing the outermost regions due to their remoteness, the higher cost of living locally and repeated weather-related crises, as well as illnesses and epidemics associated with their geographical location or imported by migrant populations;

Or. fr

Amendment 476

Marianne Vind

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	9 a. Recognises that young health professionals are at increased risk of moral distress and inappropriate workload allocation, and calls for the establishment of support systems in the workplace to promote their well-being, professional development, and retention in the sector;

Or. en

Amendment 477

Ruggero Razza, Michele Picaro, Carlo Ciccioli, Laurence Trochu, Aurelijus Veryga, Francesco Torselli, Chiara Gemma

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	9a. Calls on Member States to use targeted and economically sustainable incentives to attract and retain healthcare personnel in rural, mountain, island, remote and underserved areas, including flexible working models and housing support.

Or. it

Amendment 478

Giorgos Georgiou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	9 a. Recognises that young health professionals are at increased risk of moral distress, and inappropriate workload allocation, and call on the establishment of robust mentorship systems within the workplace to provide support;

Or. en

Amendment 479

Kateřina Konečná

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	9 a. Recognises that young health professionals are at increased risk of moral distress, and inappropriate workload allocation, and call on the establishment of robust mentorship systems within the workplace to provide support;

Or. en

Amendment 480

David Casa, Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	9 a. Recognises the need to address the disadvantaged access to healthcare by the elderly, those living with a disability, and those from socio-economically disadvantaged groups;

Or. en

Amendment 481

Aurelijus Veryga

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	9 a. Calls on the Member States to use data to identify medical deserts, make investments, and take measures to improve access to care in these areas;

Or. en

Amendment 482

Giorgos Georgiou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	9 b. Calls on the Commission to propose a dedicated directive on Psychosocial Risks Factors, considering that one in three nurses and doctors experience mental health challenges; emphasises the need for support programmes to safeguard the well-being of healthcare professionals;

Or. en

Amendment 483

Aurelijus Veryga

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	9 b. Calls for increased investment in rural and medically underserved areas through EU Cohesion Funds, in order to help retain and recruit healthcare professionals and to ensure a high level of healthcare services accessibility and availability;

Or. en

Amendment 484

Pascal Arimont

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities;	10. Supports the development and equitable deployment of telemedicine and other innovative health technologies, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tools to in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities and calls for the integration of secure, interoperable tele-cardiology solutions, such as remote patient monitoring for chronic conditions, to improve care continuity, eliminate care deserts and alleviate workforce pressure, particularly in underserved regions;

Or. en

Amendment 485

Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Nikola Bartůšek, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities;	10. Notes the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities; believes that, although these new services might address certain needs, particularly in healthcare deserts and the outermost regions, they cannot under any circumstances serve as a substitute for face-to-face consultations, which are the only effective means of obtaining an accurate diagnosis;

Or. fr

Amendment 486

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities;	10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities, and calls for the integration of secure, interoperable tele-cardiology solutions, such as remote patient monitoring for chronic conditions, to improve care continuity, eliminate care deserts and alleviate workforce pressure, particularly in underserved regions;

Or. en

Amendment 487

Francesco Torselli, Chiara Gemma, Georgiana Teodorescu, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Lara Magoni

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities;	10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities and calls for the integration of secure, interoperable tele-cardiology solutions, such as remote patient monitoring for chronic conditions, to improve care continuity, eliminate care deserts and alleviate workforce pressure, particularly in underserved regions;

Or. en

Amendment 488

Estelle Ceulemans, Gabriele Bischoff, Marc Angel, Idoia Mendia, Alicia Homs Ginel, Marit Maij, Isilda Gomes, Romana Jerković, Klára Dobrev, Evelyn Regner, Marianne Vind

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities;	10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities; stresses that home and community care services must be considered essential social infrastructure, to be supported as a priority by European funds (ESF+, EU4Health);

Or. en

Amendment 489

Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities;	10. Supports the development of AI and telemedicine, including infrastructure, the necessary training of both health professionals and patients in these areas, and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities;

Or. es

Amendment 490

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities;	10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure, trainings, proportionate regulation, adequate reimbursement schemes, data protection and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities;

Or. en

Amendment 491

Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities;	10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities, while recognising that face to face care remains the gold standard;

Or. en

Amendment 492

Giorgos Georgiou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities;	10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities, while recognising that face to face care remains the gold standard;

Or. en

Amendment 493

Kateřina Konečná

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities;	10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities, while recognising that face to face care remains the gold standard;

Or. en

Amendment 494

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities;	10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities; while recognising that face to face care remains the gold standard;

Or. en

Amendment 495

Nikos Papandreou, Romana Jerković, Christophe Clergeau, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Marta Temido

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities;	10. Supports the development and equitable deployment of telemedicine and other innovative technologies, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool to in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities;

Or. en

Amendment 496

Maria Zacharia

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities;	10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, which should operate as a complement and not as a substitute for the physical presence of professionals, to address healthcare inequalities;

Or. el

Amendment 497

Marta Temido, Romana Jerković, Victor Negrescu, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Pierre Jouvet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities;	10. Calls on the Commission to support Member States in the development of telemedicine and other digital health solutions, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care;

Or. en

Amendment 498

Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Marta Temido, Pierre Jouvet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Supports the development of telemedicine, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities;	10. Supports the development of telemedicine and AI, including the necessary infrastructure and equitable access, as a complementary tool for in-person care, to address healthcare inequalities;

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Amendment 499

Pascal Arimont

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	10 a. Recommends that EU regulatory frameworks incorporate proportionate and dedicated pathways to ensure the timely and safe introduction of such breakthrough innovations, which can reduce mental stress, enhance workforce capacity, improve healthcare system efficiency and patient safety outcomes, and contribute to reducing healthcare inequalities across regions and populations.

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Amendment 500

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
11. Takes note of the Commission President’s announcement of the new global health resilience initiative to strengthen global health resilience and ensure pandemic preparedness;	deleted

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Amendment 501

Maria Zacharia

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
11. Takes note of the Commission President’s announcement of the new global health resilience initiative to strengthen global health resilience and ensure pandemic preparedness;	11. Takes note of the Commission President’s announcement of the new global health resilience initiative to strengthen global health resilience and ensure pandemic preparedness; emphasises that citizens’ trust in European institutions and health policies is founded on transparency, accountability and clear distancing from any practice that could suggest opacity or preferential treatment; stresses that the health sector crisis should be addressed through measures that support workers and safeguard patients, not through actions that erode citizens’ trust;

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Amendment 502

Giorgos Georgiou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
11. Takes note of the Commission President’s announcement of the new global health resilience initiative to strengthen global health resilience and ensure pandemic preparedness;	11. Takes note of the Commission President’s announcement of the new global health resilience initiative to strengthen global health resilience and ensure pandemic preparedness; The Union Prevention, Preparedness and Response Plan for Health Crises and Member States’ plans should safeguard the continuity of essential health services at secondary and tertiary levels, ensure that the rights provided to patients under the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive (2011/24/EU) are maintained, and guarantee the safety and health of the healthcare workforce during health crises;

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Amendment 503

Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Jana Toom, Stine Bosse, Hristo Petrov, Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
11. Takes note of the Commission President’s announcement of the new global health resilience initiative to strengthen global health resilience and ensure pandemic preparedness;	11. Takes note of the Commission President’s announcement of the new global health resilience initiative to strengthen global health resilience and ensure pandemic preparedness; in that regard calls on the Member States to reserve sufficient resources to monitor and observe global health developments to ensure that global phenomena are timely detected in Europe;

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Amendment 504

Aurelijus Veryga

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
11. Takes note of the Commission President’s announcement of the new global health resilience initiative to strengthen global health resilience and ensure pandemic preparedness;	11. Takes note of the Commission President’s announcement of the new global health resilience initiative to strengthen resilience of health systems and preparedness for disruptive events, such as pandemics and military aggression;

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Amendment 505

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	11 a. Reminds that climate and health crisis are intertwined with climate change causing direct health impacts like heat stress and extreme weather injuries, increased infectious diseases, and indirect effects like poor mental health, therefore putting a strain on our already vulnerable healthcare systems;

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Amendment 506

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Urges the Member States to set up national pharmacy workforce strategies to define community pharmacists’ roles in integrated care; acknowledges community pharmacies as frontline, community-based health facilities and essential health infrastructure;	12. Urges the Member States to set up national pharmacy workforce strategies to define community pharmacists’ roles in integrated care; acknowledges community and hospital pharmacies and as frontline, community-based health facilities and essential health infrastructure; recognises that scientific progress is transforming the role of hospital pharmacists and calls for increased investment in the profession and for measures to facilitate the free movement of pharmacists to improve workforce flexibility;

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Amendment 507

Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Jana Toom, Stine Bosse, Hristo Petrov, Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Urges the Member States to set up national pharmacy workforce strategies to define community pharmacists’ roles in integrated care; acknowledges community pharmacies as frontline, community-based health facilities and essential health infrastructure;	12. Urges the Member States to set up national pharmacy workforce strategies to define both community and hospital pharmacists’ roles in integrated care; acknowledges community pharmacies as frontline, community-based health facilities and essential health infrastructure; stresses, in parallel, the urgent need to strengthen the hospital pharmacy workforce, given their essential contribution to patient safety, medicines management, and multidisciplinary care within hospitals;

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Amendment 508

Laurent Castillo, Isabelle Le Callennec

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Urges the Member States to set up national pharmacy workforce strategies to define community pharmacists’ roles in integrated care; acknowledges community pharmacies as frontline, community-based health facilities and essential health infrastructure;	12. Urges the Member States to set up national pharmacy workforce strategies to define community pharmacists’ roles in integrated care; acknowledges community pharmacies as frontline, community-based health facilities and essential health infrastructure around which national measures must be centred, while recognising the crucial role played by their staff;

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Amendment 509

Liesbet Sommen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Urges the Member States to set up national pharmacy workforce strategies to define community pharmacists’ roles in integrated care; acknowledges community pharmacies as frontline, community-based health facilities and essential health infrastructure;	12. Urges the Member States to set up national pharmacy workforce strategies to define community pharmacists’ patient-centred and evidence based roles in integrated care; acknowledges community pharmacies as frontline, community-based health facilities and essential health infrastructure;

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Amendment 510

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Urges the Member States to set up national pharmacy workforce strategies to define community pharmacists’ roles in integrated care; acknowledges community pharmacies as frontline, community-based health facilities and essential health infrastructure;	12. Urges the Member States to set up national pharmacy workforce strategies to define hospital and community pharmacists’ roles in integrated care; acknowledges community and hospital pharmacies as frontline, community-based health facilities and essential health infrastructure;

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Amendment 511

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Urges the Member States to set up national pharmacy workforce strategies to define community pharmacists’ roles in integrated care; acknowledges community pharmacies as frontline, community-based health facilities and essential health infrastructure;	12. Urges the Member States to set up national pharmacy workforce strategies to define pharmacists’ roles in integrated care; acknowledges pharmacies as frontline, community-based primary care and essential health infrastructure to reduce reliance on hospital-centred systems;

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Amendment 512

Marta Temido, Romana Jerković, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Pierre Jouvet, Nikos Papandreou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Urges the Member States to set up national pharmacy workforce strategies to define community pharmacists’ roles in integrated care; acknowledges community pharmacies as frontline, community-based health facilities and essential health infrastructure;	12. Urges the Member States to acknowledge community pharmacies as frontline, community-based health facilities and essential health infrastructure while respecting national competences and the diversity of health system models;

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Amendment 513

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	12 a. Recognises that hospital pharmacists are already well integrated into inpatient and outpatient care in many hospitals, providing medication stewardship, safe medication use policies and safe and resilient supply chain management; underlines their key role in promoting the rational use of antibiotics, and combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR); and calls on the EU and the Member States to build on existing good practices by strengthening hospital pharmacies as hubs of knowledge and training, fostering better integration and collaboration with community pharmacy networks to enhance continuity of care and patient safety;

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Amendment 514

Victor Negrescu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	12 a. Underlines the need to allocate targeted EU and national resources to reduce social inequalities in access to healthcare, ensuring that all citizens across the Union can fully exercise their right to health, regardless of income, age, or place of residence; highlights the growing number of low-income citizens reporting unmet medical care needs and calls for strengthened investment in prevention, early diagnosis and screening programmes, which represent more effective, safer and cost-efficient approaches for patients, healthcare professionals and Member States alike;

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Amendment 515

Giorgos Georgiou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	12 a. Emphasises that workforce retention alone will not solve the multifaceted health workforce crisis; calls for workforce-led healthcare system optimisation initiatives, focusing on reducing administrative burden, improving teamwork and service delivery, and enabling the effective use of digital tools; stresses that such initiatives require adequate resources, training and protected time for healthcare professionals to identify and address inefficiencies in their daily work;

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Amendment 516

Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Marta Temido, Nikos Papandreou, Pierre Jouvet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	12 a. Recommends investing in reliable data and detailed empirical studies on the relationship between remittances, the cost of training healthcare professionals and positive and negative impacts of their migration for source and destination countries and country specific recommendations, based on observations of these studies;

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Amendment 517

Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Nikola Bartůšek, Ondřej Knotek, Valérie Deloge, Viktória Ferenc, Pál Szekeres, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	12a. Supports the local authorities of the Member States in their efforts to attract and retain healthcare workers within their jurisdictions with a view to overcoming the problem of healthcare deserts;

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Amendment 518

Viktória Ferenc, Pál Szekeres, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	12 a. Urges the Commission not to use the issue of health as a political issue since the health of Europeans in an ageing Europe is a pan-European and a non-political issue;

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Amendment 519

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	12 b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to strengthen awareness and training initiatives for healthcare professionals, including pharmacists, on the proper handling, disposal and recycling of medicinal products, in order to minimise pharmaceutical pollution and support the EU’s environmental and public health objectives; encourages measures of promoting safe recycling and take-back schemes, reducing pollution from pharmaceutical residues, and integrating sustainability principles into healthcare training and daily practice;

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Amendment 520

Victor Negrescu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	12 b. Stresses the strategic importance of strong and accessible public healthcare systems as a cornerstone of European solidarity and preparedness; warns that excessive reliance on privatisation risks undermining universal access and long-term resilience, and calls for balanced health system models that safeguard affordability, equity and the sustainability of care provision across the European Union;

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Amendment 521

Kathleen Funchion

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Recognises the finalisation of housing and core social services, such as childcare has exasperated the "brain drain" in the healthcare workforce;

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Amendment 522

Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Jana Toom, Stine Bosse, Hristo Petrov, Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning;	13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take appropriate measures aimed at addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning, including by improving working conditions and career development opportunities; stresses the need to increase investment in higher education for healthcare professions and to promote EU-level and national campaigns encouraging young people to stay and work in their home healthcare systems; further calls on the Member States to invest in their education and training system while anticipating increased need for health professionals and urges the Commission to monitor national policies and investment in that area;

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Amendment 523

Aurelijus Veryga

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning;	13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning, including through the establishment of minimum capacity benchmarks, in order to anticipate future needs arising from demographic changes, disease burden, evolving healthcare practices, and the changing expectations of healthcare workers, while ensuring adequate staffing levels and maintaining high-quality patient care;

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Amendment 524

Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning;	13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning, leading to a fair and balanced distribution of workloads, with a view to improving the quality and efficiency of health services and preventing overwork and burnout among health professionals;

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Amendment 525

András Tivadar Kulja

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning;	13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to collect high-quality data and take targeted measures aimed achieving self-sufficiency in education and training adequate numbers of healthcare professionals according to their national needs; at addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning;

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Amendment 526

Maria Ohisalo, Tilly Metz

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning;	13. Calls on the Member States, jointly with the Commission, to take coordinated measures aimed at achieving self-sufficiency in education and training adequate numbers of healthcare workers for their national needs, which promotes sustainable workforce planning and prevents brain drain;

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Amendment 527

Laurent Castillo, Isabelle Le Callennec

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning;	13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at attracting people to healthcare professions from a very young age, addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning in line with developments relating to the population and illness pyramid;

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Amendment 528

Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning;	13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed achieving self-sufficiency in education and training adequate numbers of health professionals for their national needs and addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning;

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Amendment 529

Giorgos Georgiou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning;	13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at achieving self-sufficiency in education and training adequate numbers of health professional for their national needs; addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning;

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Amendment 530

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning;	13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at achieving self-sufficiency in education and training adequate numbers of health professional for their national needs; addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning;

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Amendment 531

Kateřina Konečná

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning;	13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed achieving self-sufficiency in education and training adequate numbers of health professionals for their national needs; addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning;

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Amendment 532

Nikos Papandreou, Romana Jerković, Christophe Clergeau, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning;	13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at addressing brain drain body via including but not limited to promoting sustainable and efficient health workforce planning, subsidies, housing allowance and mentorship opportunities;

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Amendment 533

Pascal Arimont

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning;	13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable and efficient health workforce planning and mentorship;

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Amendment 534

Christine Anderson, Petar Volgin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures aimed at addressing brain drain and promoting sustainable health workforce planning;	13. Calls on Member States to take measures aimed at addressing the recruitment and retention of quality staff and promoting long term health workforce planning;

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Amendment 535

Victor Negrescu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	13 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish dedicated funding mechanisms to support reverse brain drain initiatives, facilitating the return and reintegration of healthcare professionals to their countries of origin; stresses that cohesion policy instruments, including the ESF+ and EU4Health programmes, should be used to finance targeted incentives, mentorship schemes and centres of excellence that enable the transfer of skills and knowledge acquired in other Member States;

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Amendment 536

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	13 a. Recommends EU Member States to fully implement Article 14(5) of the Directive 2005/36/EC as amended by Directive 2013/55/EU (the 'Professional Qualifications Directive) and to ensure equal treatment as stated in the Commission Recommendation (EU) 2023/7700, chapter VI, point 51 which calls on Member States to ensure that qualifications obtained in the Union are recognised in the same way whether held by Union citizens or third-country nationals;

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Amendment 537

Romana Jerković, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Nikos Papandreou, Estelle Ceulemans, Marta Temido, Nicolás González Casares

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	13 a. Highlights the importance of safeguarding the right to stay for healthcare workers who wish to build their professional careers in their Member States, by ensuring fair remuneration, decent working conditions and access to continuous professional development; underlines that labour mobility within the Union should be a choice, not a necessity driven by persistent inequalities in employment and career opportunities across Member States;

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Amendment 538

Maria Zacharia

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt common policies to curb the ‘brain drain’ from lower-income EU countries; calls for increased public investment in salaries, working conditions and training programmes in the countries of origin, so that mobility is a matter of choice rather than a forced solution;

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Amendment 539

Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Jana Toom, Stine Bosse, Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	13 a. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to establish a health-care workforce observatory, which will collect data on staffing levels, turnover, migration, working conditions, gender and equality indicators, training uptake and digital skills, and shall issue annual forecasts for up to ten years to support planning;

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Amendment 540

Ruggero Razza, Michele Picaro, Carlo Ciccioli, Laurence Trochu, Aurelijus Veryga, Francesco Torselli, Chiara Gemma

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	13a. Emphasises that retaining existing staff is the most effective and cost-efficient way to stabilise health systems, and calls for measures to support staff well-being, strengthen protection against violence, improve shift practices and address burnout;

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Amendment 541

Giorgos Georgiou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	13 a. Recognises the dual role of residents and postgraduate trainees as both learners and workers; calls for their specific legal protection, fair remuneration, safe working conditions, protected rest, and adequate supervision in line with EU labour standards;

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Amendment 542

Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Marta Temido, Nikos Papandreou, Pierre Jouvet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	13 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures to minimize brain waste caused by health professionals working in a low- or medium-skilled job positions, for which a degree is not required;

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Amendment 543

Laurent Castillo, Isabelle Le Callennec

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	13a. Invites the Member States to increase the number of basic training places while supporting medical schools and university hospitals in order to guarantee a high level of educational and clinical quality;

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Amendment 544

Aurelijus Veryga

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	13 a. Calls on the EU to support the Member States most affected by health worker outflows, enabling them to maintain quality healthcare services and to implement effective retention policies;

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Amendment 545

Marta Temido, Romana Jerković, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Pierre Jouvet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	13 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures to minimize brain drain caused by health professionals working in a low or medium-skilled job position;

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Amendment 546

Ruggero Razza, Michele Picaro, Carlo Ciccioli, Laurence Trochu, Aurelijus Veryga, Francesco Torselli, Chiara Gemma

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	13b. Supports voluntary cooperation on strengthening training capacities, including language, digital and regional assistance skills, return-to-work pathways and the recognition of prior learning, while respecting national competence over education systems and professional qualifications;

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Amendment 547

Romana Jerković, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Nikos Papandreou, Estelle Ceulemans, Marta Temido, Nicolás González Casares

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	13 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to expand opportunities for young people and students in healthcare-related fields through existing EU instruments such as Erasmus+, EU4Health and the ESF+, by increasing access to cross-border internships, mobility schemes and training programmes;

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Amendment 548

Viktória Ferenc, Pál Szekeres, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
14. Encourages fair labour mobility of HCWF within the EU, facilitated by the Professional Qualifications Directive; considers ethical international recruitment, in line with the WHO Global Code of Practice, as a complementary and temporary measure only, so as not to exacerbate shortages in countries of origin;	14. Stresses that the mobility of health professionals should not be encouraged at the expense of national systems that are already under strain; recalls that it must not under any circumstances lead to social dumping or cause a brain drain from the most vulnerable countries; considers that non-abusive ethical international recruitment, in accordance with the WHO Global Code of Practice, is only an emergency and temporary measure, which is intended not to exacerbate shortages in the countries of origin;

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